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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions among University Students

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Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health—Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Dipartimento di Psicologia—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy
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EngageMinds HUB—Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 26100 Cremona, Italy
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Academic Editor: Davide Gori
Vaccines 2021, 9(2), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020070
Received: 24 December 2020 / Revised: 13 January 2021 / Accepted: 15 January 2021 / Published: 20 January 2021
Flu vaccination for the general population, and specifically for vulnerable subgroups, brings the potential to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of mobility, mortality, and hospitalizations. In Italy, flu vaccination is recommended to all ≥6 months of age, even if it is only free of charge for specific categories. We investigated the intentions towards flu and COVID-19 vaccinations from a sample of 436 Italian university students. Results of a web-based survey show that 77.52% of them were willing to get the flu vaccine and 94.73% were willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when available. We identified positive predictive factors to undertake flu vaccination as being a medical student, having undertaken a previous vaccination against flu, and having a high level of concern and perceived vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reinforced public health activities might consider engaging university students a as possible “positive influencer” towards flu and COVID-19 vaccination programs. View Full-Text
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccination; flu vaccination; students COVID-19 vaccination; flu vaccination; students
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Pastorino, R.; Villani, L.; Mariani, M.; Ricciardi, W.; Graffigna, G.; Boccia, S. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions among University Students. Vaccines 2021, 9, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020070

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Pastorino R, Villani L, Mariani M, Ricciardi W, Graffigna G, Boccia S. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions among University Students. Vaccines. 2021; 9(2):70. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020070

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Pastorino, Roberta, Leonardo Villani, Marco Mariani, Walter Ricciardi, Guendalina Graffigna, and Stefania Boccia. 2021. "Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions among University Students" Vaccines 9, no. 2: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020070

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