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Margaret A. Riggs; Sabrina A. Madni; January Cornelius; Amy Zhang; Michaila Czarnik; Keith Zullig; Robert J. Bensley; Linda Gibson-Young; Marilyn Gardner; Caryl E. Waggett; Vonia Grabeel; Samuel J. Pettyjohn; Christine Fisher; Resa M. Jones; Dayna M. Maniccia; Jack Doyle; Margarita Treuth; John Neatherlin; Ebony Thomas; Lisa Barrios – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: To understand college and university student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) regarding COVID-19 prevention strategies. Methods: Thirteen colleges and universities volunteered to conduct an anonymous electronic survey in April 2021 to assess students' KAB about mask use and vaccination to prevent COVID-19. Results:…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior
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Huixin Deng; Michelle I. Seelig; Léi Y. Sun – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examines Chinese international students' underlying beliefs and overall perception of the flu vaccination to inform effective health promotion efforts on U.S. college campuses. Participants: Data were collected in March 2020. Participants (N = 189) were recruited via email at a southeastern university in the U.S. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, College Students, Immunization Programs
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Van T. Vu – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2024
This study examines the correlation between youngsters' media literacy and their trust in government, support for anti-pandemic regulations, and vaccine readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. The findings show a statistically significant positive correlation between youngsters' media literacy and their trust in government, support for…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Trust (Psychology), Political Attitudes, Immunization Programs
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Janet R. Heller; Nigel M. Thomas; Elyse S. Gruttadauria; Stacia M. Reader; Ariel L. Sarmiento – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To promote influenza vaccine acceptance among community college students during the Fall 2020 semester to reduce the incidence of a "twin-demic" occurring of influenza and COVID-19. Participants: A convenience sample of 185 students enrolled in an entry level health course. Methods: Non-experimental cross-sectional design that…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Microbiology, Immunization Programs, Disease Control
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Julia G. Halilova; Samuel Fynes-Clinton; Donna Rose Addis; R. Shayna Rosenbaum – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Research suggests that discounting of delayed rewards (i.e., tendency to choose smaller immediate rewards over large later rewards) is a promising target of intervention to encourage compliance with public health measures (PHM), such as vaccination compliance. The effects of delay discounting, however, may differ across the types of PHMs, given…
Descriptors: Participation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior
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Whisnant, Joanna; Martin-Kerry, Jacqueline; Flett, Lydia; Knapp, Peter – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To identify predictors of meningococcal vaccine uptake among university and college students, the most common carriers of meningococcal disease. Participants: University or college students aged 18 to 25 years. Methods: Multiple databases, citations, and gray literature were systematically searched in April 2017 and January 2019, for…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases
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Mugaloglu, Ebru Zeynep; Kaymaz, Zeynep; Misir, Muhammet Emin; Laçin-Simsek, Canan – Science & Education, 2022
The devastating COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on the question of why trust in scientists is important. This mixed-method study aimed to explore the study participants' trust in scientists about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. It also aimed to reveal which key sources of information participants followed about the pandemic. Participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
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Karki, Ishu; Dobbs, Page D.; Larson, Daniel; Maness, Sarah B. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine, college student's beliefs toward HPV, and HPV vaccine uptake between US and international college students studying in the US. Participants: The study was conducted using a sample (N = 588) of college students from a university in the…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, College Students, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
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Katie Gravagna; Nicole E. Basta; Dawn Nederhoff; Bethany Cheng; Shannon B. McKearnan; Kimberly E. Bonner; Angela K. Ulrich – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To assess the frequency of preventative COVID-19 behaviors and vaccination willingness among United States (US) college and university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Participants (N = 653) were [greater than or equal to]18 years old and students at institutions for higher education in the US in March 2020. Methods:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Interpersonal Relationship
Kirilina, Tatiana Yuryevna; Lapshinova, Kira Viktorovna; Tkalich, Maria Alekseevna; Chernyshova, Anna Gennadyevna; Krasikova, Tamara Ivanovna – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world and has had significant impact on changing the social practices of everyday behavior and interpersonal communication of people. In Russia, the Moscow Region was one of the leaders in the number of people infected with COVID-19. Therefore, the focus of the present study is on the everyday…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Interpersonal Relationship
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024
The general science of infection prevention and control can be applied to and adapted for a variety of settings, including kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12). Strategies can be implemented in the classroom and whole school environment to prevent a wide array of illnesses caused by both bacteria and viruses. This science brief presents findings…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases, Prevention
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Güler, Melek; Yanar, Nazli – Online Submission, 2022
COVID-19, which affects the world, undoubtedly seems to have affected university students who receive applied education. Sports Science students continue their sports training within the mask and distance rules by switching to face-to-face teaching during the normalization period. This study aimed to reveal whether the physical activity levels of…
Descriptors: College Students, Sports Medicine, Physical Activity Level, COVID-19
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Teovanovic, Predrag; Lukic, Petar; Zupan, Zorana; Lazic, Aleksandra; Ninkovic, Milica; Žeželj, Iris – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
In the coronavirus "infodemic," people are exposed to official recommendations but also to potentially dangerous pseudoscientific advice claimed to protect against COVID-19. We examined whether irrational beliefs predict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines as well as susceptibility to such misinformation. Irrational beliefs were indexed by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Beliefs, Misconceptions
National School Boards Association, 2021
As districts across the country prepare for the upcoming school year, NSBA's legal team has produced a Q&A to assist state school boards associations and their members in responding to 11 common concerns regarding vaccination and schools.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Guidelines
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O'Rourke, Thomas; Iammarino, Nicholas – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
With the onset and rapid spread of COVID-19 without a safe and effective vaccine, initial efforts to reduce community spread focused on basic public health measures such as mask wearing, social distancing, hand-washing, avoiding large gatherings, and suspected cases isolation and quarantine. Following was the development of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, Disease Control
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