Mpox-Related Knowledge, Risk Perception, and Vaccination Willingness Among University Students in Aktobe, Kazakhstan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dilnaz Konbayeva, Lespek Kutumbetov, Balzhan Myrzakhmetova, Olga Chervyakova, Kuandyk Zhugunissov, Askhat Myngbay, Gulnar Altayeva, Saida Askatkyzy, Togzhan Nurdauletova, Gulmira Abulgazimova, Nadezhda Burambayeva, Arman Issimov · 2026
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Dilnaz Konbayeva and a large Kazakh team survey university students in Aktobe in 2026 about mpox knowledge, risk perception, and vaccination willingness. Nearly five hundred students from three universities answered, most of them young women from urban areas. Students are socially active and digitally connected, so their literacy shapes wider preparedness.
Fewer than half had heard of mpox before the survey, and only about forty percent knew rash is its main symptom. Adequate knowledge appeared in roughly forty-two percent, while only about thirty-one percent would accept vaccination. Studying at the medical university, reading medical websites, and following infection news each predicted better knowledge. Willingness rose instead with seeing mpox as dangerous and as a threat to Kazakhstan. The authors recommend campus health and vaccine literacy programmes that separate facts from fear-based motivation.
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| CREATOR | Dilnaz Konbayeva, Lespek Kutumbetov, Balzhan Myrzakhmetova, Olga Chervyakova, Kuandyk Zhugunissov, Askhat Myngbay, Gulnar Altayeva, Saida Askatkyzy, Togzhan Nurdauletova, Gulmira Abulgazimova, Nadezhda Burambayeva, Arman Issimov |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |