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.
Title: Attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19 among students in grades 10-12
Author: Tunsiri Withayakom
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 50-55
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Published Date: 03-September-2022
