ISSN 2348-313X (Print) International Journal of Life Sciences Research ISSN 2348-3148 (online) Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp: (50-55), Month: July - September 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Attitudes towards vaccination against COVID19 among students in grades 10-12 Tunsiri Withayakom Triam Udom Suksa School Bangkok DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7046109
Published Date: 03-September-2022
Abstract: The objective of this descriptive research is to study factors influencing Covid-19 vaccine attitudes. This research studied a group of Grade 10-12 students from Triam Udom Suksa School in Bangkok. All students of Triam Udom Suksa School were invited to participate in completing an online questionnaire, a total of 201 students participated during June – September 2021. The data collected were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the majority of samples were female, studied in Science-Math program. The students revealed good knowledge about Covid-19 and Covid-19 vaccination (score=15.55, S.D.=1.89) and good attitude to acceptability of Covid-19 vaccines (score=40.40, S.D.=3.85). Knowledge about Covid-19 and Covid-19 vaccines positively correlated with attitude to acceptability of Covid-19 vaccines (r=.028**, p=0.01). Worry about sickness form Covid-19 was showed higher predicted attitude to acceptability of Covid-19 vaccines than knowledge about Covid-19 and Covid-19 vaccines at β=.078 and β=.034 respectively. On the contrary, having chronic diseases was a major factor negatively attitude to acceptability of Covid-19 vaccines (β= -.090). In total, 201 individual answers were received. Overall, 141 respondents (70.1%) reported unwillingness to receive a vaccine for Covid-19. Mainly, they did not believe in efficiency of the Covid-19 vaccines and they worried about safety in the Covid-19 vaccination. This research aims to study attitudes in Covid-19 vaccination of high school students. A majority of participants were less than 18 years old. While during survey, there were only Covid-19 vaccines authorized for adults age 18 and over in Thailand. For this reason, this affects unwillingness of many respondents to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. Therefore, to increase Covid-19 vaccination acceptance of people in the age group, the government sector such as Food and Drug Administration should approve a Covid-19 vaccine for people who are age less than 18 years old as soon as possible and communicate the usefulness of vaccination against infectious diseases. Keywords: Covid-19 vaccine, high school students, infectious diseases.
1. INTRODUCTION Background and Significance During the past 1-2 years, there has been an epidemic of a new strain of the virus that causes pneumonia. After being named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the first case was found in December 2019 at a wild trade market or fresh seafood market, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, Later, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded it to a global pandemic (Pandemic). On January 12, 2020, a Chinese female tourist was found for the first time. The first in Thailand and counted as the first infected person found outside China then as the epidemic spreading to many parts of the world, COVID-19 can leave people with severe pneumonia that can be fatal. The virus can spread from person to person through coughing and sneezing or contact with the secretions of patients [1]. After the infection enters the respiratory tract by entering the cells and multiplying in both the upper respiratory tract., lower respiratory tract and gastrointestinal, the incubation period for the disease is 2-21 days, with an average of 4-6 days, so in general, 14 days of surveillance for those exposed to the disease [2]. As it continues to ripple around the world, drug and vaccine researchers around the world are developing a range of
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