Influences of COVID-19 vaccination policy on students’ vaccine acceptance
Health SA Gesondheid
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Influences of COVID-19 vaccination policy on students’ vaccine acceptance | |
| Creator | Mthembu, Thuli G. Harrison, Samantha Botha, Kauthar Britz, Jessica Katts, Brittney Millar, Michaela Sulliman, Zia Zitha, Vutlhari | |
| Description | Background: Higher education institutions (HEIs) developed and implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy to facilitate vaccine acceptance and vaccination among universities’ staff and students. However, little is known about influences of the mandatory vaccination policy on health science students at a university and they tend to result in vaccine hesitancy.Aim: To explore the influences of the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy on health sciences students’ vaccine acceptance at HEIs in South Africa.Setting: The study was conducted in one of the universities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.Methods: An interpretive qualitative exploratory-descriptive research was conducted with 10 participants who were selected using the purposive sampling method to participate in semi-structured interviews. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed.Results: Two themes and 12 sub-themes were identified during the data analysis, namely individual and group influencing factors, as well as contextual influencing factors.Conclusion: This study revealed that the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory policy influenced the students’ quality of life, academic performance and well-being. The findings from this study indicate that there were perceived barriers related to personal and contextual influencing factors than benefits of COVID-19 vaccination.Contribution: The understanding of and insight into the influences of the mandatory vaccination policy provided a basis for further strategies that may be developed to address COVID-19 vaccine infodemic, vaccine hesitancy and its risk effects. This can be done through collaboration with different stakeholders to educate health science students about the perceived benefits of COVID-19 vaccination. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2023-08-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hsag.v28i0.2265 | |
| Source | Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 28 (2023); 11 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848 | |
| Language | eng | |
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