COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among university students in Lebanon
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-9037-5820 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hamdan, Mima Bou | |
| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Shipra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Polavarapu, Mounika | |
| dc.contributor.author | Melhem, Nada | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jordan, Timothy R. | |
| dc.contributor.other | İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-26T13:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-26T13:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.department | İHÜ, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Lebanon has one of the lowest reported COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates (21%). Little is known about the decision-making process of college students in Lebanon regarding obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify factors that predicted the behavioral intentions of students enrolled at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: The study was a randomized, non-experimental, and cross-sectional study of undergraduate and graduate students. A valid and reliable survey was developed. A total of 3,805 students were randomly selected to participate from all academic units. A total of 800 students responded (21% return rate). Results: We generated three groups based on students’ intentions to be vaccinated: 1) vaccine accepting (those who are willing to take or already took the vaccine); 2) vaccine hesitant (those who are hesitant to take the vaccine); and 3) vaccine resistant (those who decided not to take the vaccine). The majority were Lebanese (85%), undergraduate students (75%), females (57%) with a mean age of 21?±?0.14 years. Overall, students were vaccine accepting. Specifically, they were vaccine accepting (87%), vaccine hesitant (10%), and vaccine resistant (3%). Vaccine hesitancy was significantly associated with nationality, residency status and university rank (p value?<?0.05). Moreover, there was a significant association between hesitancy and agreement with conspiracies. A significant factor for hesitancy was disagreement with the statement that symptomatic cases are the only carriers of COVID-19 (OR?=?5; 95% CI?=?1.67–14.29; p value?=?0.004). Students believed that that the vaccine was safe (OR?=?0.01; 95% CI?=?0.002–0.08; p value?=?0.000); in agreement with their personal views (OR?=?0.1; 95% CI?=?0.02–0.51; p value?=?0.004) and were less likely to be hesitant than the vaccine accepting group (reference group). Conclusion: The factors identified that explain and/or predict each of the three vaccine intention groups can be used as core content for health communication and social marketing campaigns to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccination. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hamdan, M. B., Singh, S., Polavarapu, M., Jordan, T. R. ve Melhem, N. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among university students in Lebanon, Research Square. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.21203/rs.3.rs-725775/v1 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2693-5015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-725775/v1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12154/1526 | |
| dc.institutionauthor | Jordan, Timothy R. | |
| dc.institutionauthorid | 0000-0002-9037-5820 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Research Square | |
| dc.relation.ihupublicationcategory | 233 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Research Square | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | Lebanon | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject | Vaccine | |
| dc.subject | Students | |
| dc.title | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among university students in Lebanon | |
| dc.type | Article | |
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