The Situation of Students' COVID-19 Vaccination and Their Views on Vaccination: Turkey Case

Yalman, Eylem; Doğukan Akarsu, Gökhan; Höbek Akarsu, Rukiye

doi:10.5812/modernc-130496

Volume 20, Issue 3 (7-2023) Mod Care J 2023, 20(3): 0-0 | Back to browse issues page

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Yalman E, Doğukan Akarsu G, Höbek Akarsu R. The Situation of Students' COVID-19 Vaccination and Their Views on Vaccination: Turkey Case. Mod Care J 2023; 20 (3)
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The Situation of Students' COVID-19 Vaccination and Their Views on Vaccination: Turkey Case

Eylem Yalman¹

, Gökhan Doğukan Akarsu ^*²

, Rukiye Höbek Akarsu³

1- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
2- Pharmacy Services, Vocational School of Health Services, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey , g.dogukan.akarsu@yobu.edu.tr
3- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey

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Background: This research aimed to define the status of young university students in Turkey with the COVID-19 vaccine and their ideas about it. Methods: This descriptive and quantitative study was conducted on 602 undergraduate students of a state university in the central Anatolian region of Turkey in the spring semester of the 2021 - 2022 academic year. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the students using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers based on the literature. The chi-square test, percentage, and number were used to analyze the data. Results: Of the research participants, 89.7% were COVID-19-vaccinated. Also, 86.7% of vaccinated students had the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, 72.96% had two vaccine doses, and 59.5% had doubts about the vaccine. Conclusions: Opinions about vaccines are affected by some sociodemographic characteristics and expert information.

Keywords: Vaccine Hesitancy, COVID-19, University Student, Vaccine, COVID-19 Vaccine, Biochemistry

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Article Types: Research Article | Subject: General
Received: 2026/01/10 | Accepted: 2023/07/15 | Published: 2023/07/15