The knowledge and opinions of the Faculty of Medicine students about vaccination, immunization, vaccine hesitation and Covid-19 vaccine in Turkey

Autor: Merve Yüceler, Tuğçe Efe, Hasan Sadık Mayda, Efsa Özbalıkçı, Elif Sude Aydın, İlayda İpek, Nalan Özen, Onur Ateş, Elif Cansel Karasu, Muhammed Yasir Kartancı, Şevval Akdoğan, Murat Topbaş, Sedanur Güclü
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Turkish Bulletin of Hygiene and Experimental Biology. 78:317-332
ISSN: 1308-2523
0377-9777
DOI: 10.5505/turkhijyen.2021.39205
Popis: Objective: Vaccination is one of the most effective public health practices in preventing and controlling infectious diseases. Vaccine instability is a rapidly increasing risk for our country as well as for the whole world. There is a strong relationship between physicians' attitudes towards vaccines and their recommendations for vaccines to their patients. Determining the acceptance of the vaccine, which is at the forefront during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by physicians who are role models for the society with their attitudes and behaviors, will guide the vaccination studies to be carried out. In this study, it was aimed to examine the knowledge and thoughts of medical faculty students in our country about vaccination, immunization, vaccine instability and COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: In this descriptive study, between December 2020-January 2021, it is aimed to reach the medical students members of “33 Student Societies” (FMO, Faculty Member Organization) affiliated to the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) in Turkey and students studying at medical faculties in our country through members. The data were collected through an online questionnaire. 1015 students participated in the study. Results: In the study 64.7% of the participants are women. The average age is 21.2 ± 2.5 years. 86.4% of the participants state that vaccine instability in our country has increased. It is thought that the negative statements about vaccines in the media are the most important reason for this situation. It is stated that it is important to educate parents in order to prevent / reduce vaccine instability. When 53.4% of the participants are informed that the COVID-19 vaccine is suitable for use by the Ministry of Health, they indicated “I will not do it immediately, I wait.” as the answer. Conclusion: It is thought that the number of vaccine instabilities in our country is increasing and this will cause an increase in epidemics. It is important to increase the knowledge and awareness of medical faculty students, who are role models for the society, about vaccines, immunization and vaccine hesitation from the beginning of the faculty. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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