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. 2022 Nov 30;18(5):2082171.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2082171. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy between teachers and students in a college, a cross-sectional study in China

Yan Chen  1 , Mei-Xian Zhang  2   3 , Xiao-Qing Lin  1 , Hongwei Wu  1 , Tao-Hsin Tung  2 , Jian-Sheng Zhu  1
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy between teachers and students in a college, a cross-sectional study in China

Yan Chen et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

Studies have identified teacher effects on students' attitudes. This study explored the differences in and associations between teachers' and students' COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and the factors that affect it. A population-based self-administered online survey was conducted to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy of teachers and students in a college in Taizhou, China. A total of 835 valid questionnaires were obtained. All data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics 26.0 software. The proportions of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for teachers and students were 31.7%, and 23.8%, respectively. In the binary logistic regression analysis, teachers who perceived the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine as low (OR = 6.794 , 95%CI: 1.701-27.143), did not pay continuous attention to the vaccine news (OR = 3.498, 95%CI: 1.150-10.640), and suffered chronic diseases (OR = 2.659, 95%CI: 1.135-6.227) were more likely to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The group of students who perceived the COVID-19 vaccine safety as being low (OR = 1.805, 95%CI: 1.094-2.979) were more hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. While both teachers and students were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine, teachers were found to be more so. Perceptions regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, attention to and awareness of vaccine news, and chronic medical conditions were the main factors that influenced the hesitation regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Therefore, students' vaccine hesitancy may depend largely on the perceptions of the vaccine's safety rather than teachers' vaccine hesitancy.

Keywords: COVID-19; China; comparative studies; teachers and students; vaccine hesitancy.

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