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Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages unabated, and with more infectious variants, vaccination may offer a way to transit out of strict restrictions on physical human interactions to curb the virus spread and prevent overwhelming the healthcare system. However, vaccine hesitancy threatens to significantly...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101141 |
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author | Lim, Lee Jin Lim, Ashley J. W. Fong, Kevin K. Lee, Caroline G. |
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description | As the COVID-19 pandemic rages unabated, and with more infectious variants, vaccination may offer a way to transit out of strict restrictions on physical human interactions to curb the virus spread and prevent overwhelming the healthcare system. However, vaccine hesitancy threatens to significantly impact our progress towards achieving this. It is thus important to understand the sentiments regarding vaccination for different segments of the population to facilitate the development of effective strategies to persuade these groups. Here, we surveyed the COVID-19 vaccination sentiments among a highly educated group of graduate students from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Graduate students who are citizens of 54 different countries, mainly from Asia, pursue studies in diverse fields, with 32% expressing vaccine hesitancy. Citizenship, religion, country of undergraduate/postgraduate studies, exposure risk and field of study are significantly associated with vaccine sentiments. Students who are Chinese citizens or studied in Chinese Universities prior to joining NUS are more hesitant, while students of Indian descent or studied in India are less hesitant about vaccination. Side effects, safety issues and vaccine choice are the major concerns of the hesitant group. Hence, this study would facilitate the development of strategies that focus on these determinants to enhance vaccine acceptance. |
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spelling | pubmed-85387182021-10-24 Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore Lim, Lee Jin Lim, Ashley J. W. Fong, Kevin K. Lee, Caroline G. Vaccines (Basel) Article As the COVID-19 pandemic rages unabated, and with more infectious variants, vaccination may offer a way to transit out of strict restrictions on physical human interactions to curb the virus spread and prevent overwhelming the healthcare system. However, vaccine hesitancy threatens to significantly impact our progress towards achieving this. It is thus important to understand the sentiments regarding vaccination for different segments of the population to facilitate the development of effective strategies to persuade these groups. Here, we surveyed the COVID-19 vaccination sentiments among a highly educated group of graduate students from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Graduate students who are citizens of 54 different countries, mainly from Asia, pursue studies in diverse fields, with 32% expressing vaccine hesitancy. Citizenship, religion, country of undergraduate/postgraduate studies, exposure risk and field of study are significantly associated with vaccine sentiments. Students who are Chinese citizens or studied in Chinese Universities prior to joining NUS are more hesitant, while students of Indian descent or studied in India are less hesitant about vaccination. Side effects, safety issues and vaccine choice are the major concerns of the hesitant group. Hence, this study would facilitate the development of strategies that focus on these determinants to enhance vaccine acceptance. MDPI 2021-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8538718/ /pubmed/34696249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101141 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lim, Lee Jin Lim, Ashley J. W. Fong, Kevin K. Lee, Caroline G. Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title | Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title_full | Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title_fullStr | Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title_full_unstemmed | Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title_short | Sentiments Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination among Graduate Students in Singapore |
title_sort | sentiments regarding covid-19 vaccination among graduate students in singapore |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101141 |
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