Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Booster Dose Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) Among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study
Yousef Saeed Alqarni, Fahad T. Alsulami, Farah Kais Alhomoud, Faten Alhomoud, Dhafer Alshayban, Khalid A. Alamer, Bashayer Alshehail, Mohammed M. Alsultan, Ahmed A. Alanazi, Majed A. Algarni, Haifa Abdulrahman Fadil · 2024
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Yousef Saeed Alqarni and co-authors survey university students in Saudi Arabia on willingness to take a COVID booster dose, in a 2024 study. Boosters cut spread and severity, and students can carry the virus to older people in crowded settings. The online survey reached three hundred and fifteen students at one university, about half of them in health colleges, and used a health belief model to frame the questions.
Only about a quarter said they would take a booster, even though over three quarters felt confident they could get vaccinated whenever they wanted. About half saw COVID as a serious infection, while few worried about the shot itself. The authors conclude that acceptance was low despite easy access and low fear of the vaccine. They call for awareness campaigns that clear up myths and lift booster uptake among students.
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| CREATOR | Yousef Saeed Alqarni, Fahad T. Alsulami, Farah Kais Alhomoud, Faten Alhomoud, Dhafer Alshayban, Khalid A. Alamer, Bashayer Alshehail, Mohammed M. Alsultan, Ahmed A. Alanazi, Majed A. Algarni, Haifa Abdulrahman Fadil |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |