Nursing students' attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination in Finland : a semi - structured interview study
Abaasa, Susan (2023)
Abaasa, Susan
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023121437503
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023121437503
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The study investigated nursing students' attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and identified factors influencing their attitudes, aiming to enhance knowledge on the subject to achieve total vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers and the public at large.
This study was motivated by the Nola Pender Health Promotion Model theory. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of 7 nursing students who were identified by purposive sampling and analyzed by systematic content analysis to have themes and subthemes.
All the participants had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination and had been vaccinated with one or more doses. 57.4% (4) had no COVID-19 vaccination hesitation which was attributed to work requirements or clinical practice policy, trust in the health system, self and community protection, availability of reliable information, traveling requirement, frontline experience, underlying health condition, and to motivate others. 42.6% (3) had hesitation due to misinformation and limited information, quality of vaccine, short clinical trials, lack of trust in the health system, past vaccine failures, side effects, fear of the unknown, and political concerns. The findings suggest that the fact that nursing students are future healthcare personnel who play a major role in health promotion, their curricula could be incorporated with more relevant information to address vaccination hesitancy.
This study was motivated by the Nola Pender Health Promotion Model theory. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of 7 nursing students who were identified by purposive sampling and analyzed by systematic content analysis to have themes and subthemes.
All the participants had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination and had been vaccinated with one or more doses. 57.4% (4) had no COVID-19 vaccination hesitation which was attributed to work requirements or clinical practice policy, trust in the health system, self and community protection, availability of reliable information, traveling requirement, frontline experience, underlying health condition, and to motivate others. 42.6% (3) had hesitation due to misinformation and limited information, quality of vaccine, short clinical trials, lack of trust in the health system, past vaccine failures, side effects, fear of the unknown, and political concerns. The findings suggest that the fact that nursing students are future healthcare personnel who play a major role in health promotion, their curricula could be incorporated with more relevant information to address vaccination hesitancy.