期刊名称：Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: An Open Access Journal
电子版ISSN：2164-2850
出版年度：2022
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：467-479
DOI：10.1080/21642850.2022.2074007
语种：English
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：Vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 is a major obstacle to achieving high vaccine coverage. Low vaccine confidence among college students is one factor fueling the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and barriers to vaccine uptake among students, faculty, and staff at a rural public university. Method: We used the Barrier Analysis (BA) mixed-methods approach, which explores determinants of the desired behavior using the Health Belief Model and Theory of Reasoned Action. We developed a BA questionnaire and distributed it through Qualtrics to 4,600 randomly selected students (n = 4,000), faculty (n = 300), and staff (n = 300) from March 11 to April 1, 2021. We defined Acceptors as those who were willing to be vaccinated and Non-acceptors as those who were not. Results: Our analysis found that among Non-acceptors, perceived social norms, perceived negative consequences, and trust had the highest association with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among students, faculty, and staff. Conclusion: These findings illustrate the need to develop effective behavior change strategies for COVID-19 vaccines uptake that identify sources of trusted information among vaccine-hesitant college students, faculty, and staff, while leveraging enablers to increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage on university campuses.
