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A prerequisite for effective vaccination is the formation of proper collective immunity in society. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards vaccination directly impact the population's adherence to this method. Objective. To study the attitude of healthcare professionals toward COVID-19 vaccination. Material and methods. The sociological survey method with the author's questionnaire based on GoogleForm was used. In the sur-vey, 450 physicians aged 25 to 70 participated voluntarily. It was a cross-sectional study carried out in the autumn of 2021. Results. Of those surveyed, the majority (86.8%) of physicians and almost all (96.1%) nurses were vaccinated against COVID-19. When studying the motivation for vaccine prophylaxis, a direct average strength of a statistically significant correlation between the adherence to COVID-19 vaccination and the emergence of a sense of safety was established (rxy =0.346;p<0.05). The most common reasons for the refusal of doctors from vaccination were the fear of complications, beliefs about low protection against infection and the subsequent decrease in immunity. According to healthcare professionals, the most effective means of prevention, in descending order, were a healthy lifestyle, the absence of fear of becoming ill, vaccination, drugs that stimulate immunity, the use of barrier measures, and other means. Conclusion. The ambiguous attitude of healthcare professionals towards vaccination against COVID-19 does exist and deserves the closest attention. Considering the issue's complexity, further research on the attitude of healthcare professionals toward vaccination is required.Copyright © 2023, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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A prerequisite for effective vaccination is the formation of proper collective immunity in society. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards vaccination directly impact the population's adherence to this method. Objective. To study the attitude of healthcare professionals toward COVID-19 vaccination. Material and methods. The sociological survey method with the author's questionnaire based on GoogleForm was used. In the sur-vey, 450 physicians aged 25 to 70 participated voluntarily. It was a cross-sectional study carried out in the autumn of 2021. Results. Of those surveyed, the majority (86.8%) of physicians and almost all (96.1%) nurses were vaccinated against COVID-19. When studying the motivation for vaccine prophylaxis, a direct average strength of a statistically significant correlation between the adherence to COVID-19 vaccination and the emergence of a sense of safety was established (rxy =0.346;p<0.05). The most common reasons for the refusal of doctors from vaccination were the fear of complications, beliefs about low protection against infection and the subsequent decrease in immunity. According to healthcare professionals, the most effective means of prevention, in descending order, were a healthy lifestyle, the absence of fear of becoming ill, vaccination, drugs that stimulate immunity, the use of barrier measures, and other means. Conclusion. The ambiguous attitude of healthcare professionals towards vaccination against COVID-19 does exist and deserves the closest attention. Considering the issue's complexity, further research on the attitude of healthcare professionals toward vaccination is required.Copyright © 2023, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The youth volunteer movement is becoming one of the available ways of reducing the spread of COVID-19 and providing practical support to healthcare workers. The main activities of volunteers include participation in the work of healthcare institutions, medical support for mass events, assistance to charitable organizations, health and blood donation promotion, and first aid training. Volunteering develops competent qualities in future graduates, educates them in an active citizenship, reduces medical staff outflow, and increases safety of health care. Objective: To establish the attitude of medical university students towards volunteering. Materials and methods: In autumn 2021, we conducted an anonymous online survey of 202 medical university students aged 17–25 years using a specially developed questionnaire created on Google Forms based on the Holmes and Rahe Life Stress Inventory (Social Readjustment Rating Scale, SRRS) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) validated by Tarabrina (2001) on a Russian sample. The answers were then analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 statistical software with the calculation of relative values (extensive and intensive indicators) and the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results: We established the attitude of young people towards volunteering and specified its attractive aspects for students, the reasons for refusing to volunteer, and perceived personal qualities of an ideal volunteer. We also confirmed the hypoth-esis that volunteering has a direct impact on anxiety and stress resistance of students. Our findings will contribute to deter-mining further directions for expanding the volunteer movement and involving future healthcare professionals. Conclusion: The attractiveness of the volunteer movement for students is mainly due to pragmatic motives. To create a per-sonnel reserve of employees with a practical understanding of professional activity, it is necessary to develop targeted forms of support for student volunteers. © 2022, Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology. All rights reserved.