Universität zu Köln

Rostkowska, Olga M., Peters, Alexandra, Montvidas, Jonas ORCID: 0000-0002-8485-813X, Magdas, Tudor M., Rensen, Leon, Durlik, Magdalena, Pelzer, Benedikt W. and Zgliczynski, Wojciech S. (2021). Attitudes and Knowledge of European Medical Students and Early Graduates about Vaccination and Self-Reported Vaccination Coverage-Multinational Cross-Sectional Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18 (7). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

Vaccination is one of the most useful preventive interventions in healthcare. The purpose of our study was to gain overview of the opinions, knowledge, and engagement in vaccination practices among medical students (MS) and junior doctors (JD) in Europe. The survey was distributed from March 2016 until August 2016 via the e-mail and social media of the European Medical Students' Association. In total, 1821 responses from MS and JD from 34 countries in the European region were analysed. The majority of respondents agreed that vaccines are useful (98.7%) and effective (97.2%). Although the necessity of revaccination was supported by 99.2%, only 68.0% of the respondents went through with it. Even though the potential benefit of the flu vaccination seems to be acknowledged by our participants, only 22.1% of MS and JD declared getting the flu shot every or every other season. MS and JD were in favour of specific mandatory vaccination for medical staff (86.0%) and medical students (82.7%). Furthermore, we analysed the self-reported vaccination coverage of our participants regarding 19 vaccines. Of the respondents, 89.5% claimed to provide advice about vaccination to their friends and family. In conclusion, European MS and JD have a very positive attitude towards vaccination. However, their behaviour and knowledge demonstrate certain gaps which should be further addressed in medical education.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Rostkowska, Olga M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Peters, Alexandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Montvidas, Jonas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8485-813X UNSPECIFIED Magdas, Tudor M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rensen, Leon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Durlik, Magdalena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pelzer, Benedikt W. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zgliczynski, Wojciech S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-597391
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph18073595
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	18
Number:	7
Date:	2021
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INFLUENZA VACCINATION; HEPATITIS-B; AWARENESS; VACCINES Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59739