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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of Information on Vaccines in Spanish Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Health professionals are the most influential and main sources of information about vaccines for the general population, as they are regarded as role models by patients and society. The objective of the present study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of a group of university Nursing stude...

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Autores principales: Tuells, José, Egoavil, Cecilia M., Morales-Moreno, Isabel, Fortes-Montoya, Elena, Salazar-García, Carlos, Rodríguez-Blanco, Noelia
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805085
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073356
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author Tuells, José
Egoavil, Cecilia M.
Morales-Moreno, Isabel
Fortes-Montoya, Elena
Salazar-García, Carlos
Rodríguez-Blanco, Noelia
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Egoavil, Cecilia M.
Morales-Moreno, Isabel
Fortes-Montoya, Elena
Salazar-García, Carlos
Rodríguez-Blanco, Noelia
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description Health professionals are the most influential and main sources of information about vaccines for the general population, as they are regarded as role models by patients and society. The objective of the present study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of a group of university Nursing students about vaccines, as well as their sources of information and their education needs. A cross-sectional study was performed through a questionnaire (55 items) provided to Nursing students at two Spanish universities. A total of 1122 students participated in the study. The mean score obtained for knowledge about vaccines was 44.6 ± 4.3, and for attitudes towards vaccines, it was 37.2 ± 3.9. Hepatitis B (94.7%) and the Flu (89%) are the two main vaccines they should receive as health workers. The main source of information was the family environment (65.6%). Most of them considered that post-graduate education about vaccines should be provided by academic entities (universities, 62.7%). Among the health professionals, Nurses (85.5%) must be better educated and trained on the subject of vaccines. It is therefore necessary to delve into and complete the nurses’ training on vaccines, to educate them about the risks at the individual level, and their decisive role as promoters of the vaccination strategy for the general population. Universities must become the leaders in vaccine education and training.
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spelling pubmed-80363982021-04-12 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of Information on Vaccines in Spanish Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study Tuells, José Egoavil, Cecilia M. Morales-Moreno, Isabel Fortes-Montoya, Elena Salazar-García, Carlos Rodríguez-Blanco, Noelia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Health professionals are the most influential and main sources of information about vaccines for the general population, as they are regarded as role models by patients and society. The objective of the present study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of a group of university Nursing students about vaccines, as well as their sources of information and their education needs. A cross-sectional study was performed through a questionnaire (55 items) provided to Nursing students at two Spanish universities. A total of 1122 students participated in the study. The mean score obtained for knowledge about vaccines was 44.6 ± 4.3, and for attitudes towards vaccines, it was 37.2 ± 3.9. Hepatitis B (94.7%) and the Flu (89%) are the two main vaccines they should receive as health workers. The main source of information was the family environment (65.6%). Most of them considered that post-graduate education about vaccines should be provided by academic entities (universities, 62.7%). Among the health professionals, Nurses (85.5%) must be better educated and trained on the subject of vaccines. It is therefore necessary to delve into and complete the nurses’ training on vaccines, to educate them about the risks at the individual level, and their decisive role as promoters of the vaccination strategy for the general population. Universities must become the leaders in vaccine education and training. MDPI 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8036398/ /pubmed/33805085 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073356 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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Salazar-García, Carlos
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of Information on Vaccines in Spanish Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
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title_short Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of Information on Vaccines in Spanish Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and sources of information on vaccines in spanish nursing students: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805085
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073356
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