COVID-19 vaccination intent in university students and influencing factors: An analytical cross-sectional.

OBJECTIVE: To determine coronavirus disease-2019 vaccination intent and factors influencing the decision among university students. METHODS: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from 25 January - 25 February 2021 at a state university in Mugla, Turkey, and comprised undergraduate students. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire through Google Forms. Factors affecting vaccination intent were identified using multinomial logistic models. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. RESULTS: Of the 1069 subjects, 629(58.8%) were females and 440(41.2%) were males. The overall mean age of the sample was 21.34±2.99. Overall, 712(66.6%) students were enrolled in health-related fields, and 357(33.4%) were pursuing non-medical degrees. Besides, 578(54.1%) students intended to have the vaccine. While 458(64.3%) of the subjects studying health-related subjects intended to have the vaccine, only 120(33.8%) in other academic streams said they would get vaccinated. Students who had had the disease or had been in contact with someone who had it 102(33%) were more likely to believe that the vaccine was safe. Smoking, having a flu vaccine in the past, and having a coronavirus disease-2019 test were the factors influencing the intent to have the vaccination (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Having had a flu vaccine in the past, social media use, history of, or exposure to, coronavirus disease-2019 and enrolment in health-related programme of studies were the factors influencing the vaccination intent of the students.

Prisoners in pandemic of COVID-19

The criminal justice systems, being a part of public health should be deemed a part of protective health services that the whole society benefits and the measures related to the spread of COVID-19 should equally be benefited. Transmitting COVID-19 to these institutions or from these institutions to other settings in the community decreases the effect of measures and imposes a burden to the systems. Also, the rate of being infected with coronavirus for prisoners is five times higher than that of people living in the general community of the country. This literature review has been made to contribute to managing COVID-19 in criminal justice systems and to guide public health nursing applications. Nurses should have skills to identify the needs of vulnerable groups and protect them against discrimination and inequalities in health services. They advocate for individuals to be referred and get appropriate care. They assist in screening individuals in terms of communicable and noncommunicable diseases before the discharge. They make a care plan for individuals before the discharge to prepare them for life outside. They create discharge files for individuals to carry on with their treatments after being released. They also take charge in follow-up of those individuals by reporting them to Family Health Centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of International Archives of Integrated Medicine is the property of International Archives of Integrated Medicine and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)