{"title":"A Single Wisconsin High School Students' Projected Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines at the Onset of Its Emergency Use Authorization.","authors":"Krish Vasudev, Lyle Dp Mondano, Ainsley Regner","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study assessed high-school students' anticipated COVID-19 vaccine uptake following the US Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorization - before its availability to adolescents - and compared it to current national vaccination rates in similar age groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A web-based survey was conducted in January 2021. Data were analyzed using SurveyMonkey and SPSS. Predictors of vaccine willingness were explored.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred twenty of 407 students responded, with 70% indicating willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a 72.2% uptake among the 12- to 17-year age group. Students with a general belief in vaccinations and those who self-identified as liberal were more willing to receive the vaccine.</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusions: </strong>High school students exhibited positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines, with acceptance influenced by general vaccine beliefs, political affiliation, and projected uptake rates aligned with national data.</p>","PeriodicalId":94268,"journal":{"name":"WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin","volume":"123 2","pages":"127-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: This study assessed high-school students' anticipated COVID-19 vaccine uptake following the US Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorization - before its availability to adolescents - and compared it to current national vaccination rates in similar age groups.
Methods: A web-based survey was conducted in January 2021. Data were analyzed using SurveyMonkey and SPSS. Predictors of vaccine willingness were explored.
Results: One hundred twenty of 407 students responded, with 70% indicating willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a 72.2% uptake among the 12- to 17-year age group. Students with a general belief in vaccinations and those who self-identified as liberal were more willing to receive the vaccine.
Discussion/conclusions: High school students exhibited positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines, with acceptance influenced by general vaccine beliefs, political affiliation, and projected uptake rates aligned with national data.