Medical students' knowledge and attitudes regarding vaccination against measles, influenza and HPV. An international multicenter study.
Adult
Educational Measurement
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
Health Promotion
/ organization & administration
Humans
Influenza, Human
/ prevention & control
Male
Measles
/ prevention & control
Papillomavirus Infections
/ prevention & control
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Young Adult
Health care workers
Medical students
Vaccination
Journal
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene
ISSN: 2421-4248
Titre abrégé: J Prev Med Hyg
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9214440
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
31
05
2019
accepted:
24
02
2020
entrez:
18
8
2020
pubmed:
18
8
2020
medline:
10
7
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Inaccurate information leads to increased scepticism concerning vaccinations among health care workers. Therefore, a proper education of medical students on vaccination is important. During summer term 2015, we performed a paper-based survey to identify the knowledge and attitudes of medical students on vaccinations against measles, influenza and HPV in seven medical schools in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Altogether, 3,652 questionnaires were analyzed. Knowledge of country-specific public recommendations increased significantly with the number of semesters of medical studies. Concerning the knowledge about vaccinations against measles, influenza and HPV, one third of the answers were given correctly. Again, a strong correlation between the knowledge and the semester of medical studies could be observed. The attitudes concerning vaccinations in general and especially for HCWs were highly positive. This study provides some important arguments for the development of a comprehensive vaccination education for medical students.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32803003
doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.2.1308
pmc: PMC7419132
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E181-E185Informations de copyright
©2020 Pacini Editore SRL, Pisa, Italy.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest statement The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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