Acceptance and Reticence to COVID-19 Vaccine Among College Students in India

Authors

  • Rakesh Kumar
  • Durvlav Singh Parihar
  • Sampurna Panda
  • Abhinav Singh Bhadauriya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/ctit.v11i3.881

Keywords:

Acceptance, Anxiety, Covid-19, Hesitancy, Risk, Vaccine

Abstract

Identifying COVID-19 from other communities will help us in the development of future health messages. In a survey of 736 students at ITM University & ITM Group of Institutions, we discovered that 60.4% of students accepted the covid-19 vaccination, while only 13% of those polled said they didn't believe in vaccines, with a further 26% saying they were unsure. No-vaccinated students at ITM University differed on a range of social and medical aspects, health and belief frameworks, but across the spectrum students stated that they required more information about the dangers of not getting vaccinated.

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2022-03-07

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021)

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