Title – Experience of students during COVID-19 vaccination.
Authors – Tanvi Waghmare (0222127)
Vishwas Jadhav (0222084)
Pooja Negi (0222103)
Introduction – Students’ reactions to receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations were a mix of anticipation and relief. While waiting in line for immunizations, students navigated a new chapter amidst the pandemic’s concerns. It served as a catalyst for duty towards public health for many people. They had a range of feelings during the process, from early reluctance to anticipation as they thought about returning to some kind of routine. Campus immunization campaigns evolved into a representation of harmony and resiliency, inspiring a shared optimism for a safer future. As they embraced the chance to contribute to the global recovery, the experience demonstrated how adaptable adolescents are in the face of hardship.
Objective – To understand the experience of students during the COVID 19 vaccination.
Literature review –
Between the High Ideals and Reality: Managing COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism
Chien-huei WU says that this study explores “vaccine nationalism” as it has come to be recognized through the early COVID-19 immunization process. After defining the word, this article looks into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected this phenomenon, highlighting its epidemiological, financial, moral, and legal ramifications. Additionally, it examines the various global initiatives that have been implemented to cope with it, focusing on the COVAX project in this instance. The analysis comes to the conclusion that these measures have had only modest success. It also notes that nationalism associated with the COVID-19 vaccine appears to be a phenomena exclusive to high-income Western nations, whereas in aspirant non-Western powers, the vaccination problem is primarily perceived as a means of advancing their geopolitics goals.
Social media exposure assessment: influence on attitudes toward generic vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sitar-Taut says that although social media (SM) has been extensively studied, its effect in short- and long-term preventive attitudes in international health emergencies is yet unknown. The Stimulus-Organism-Response concept seeks to close this gap by elucidating the role of social media exposure in admitting risk perception and inciting preventative attitudes and behaviors for COVID-19 and universal immunization. Design/methodology/approach: The authors used partial least squares structural equation modeling to conduct an explanatory-predictive study on 480 Romanian students. They also did model evaluation, multi-group, model selection, and importance-performance map analyses. Findings: The study sheds light on key linkages and factors that influence attitudes toward vaccines and help predict them.
Data collection – Based on the above problem following questions were asked to the students of Kohinoor Business School based on “Likert scale”-
1.My family had to stand in queues to get vaccinated.
2.I have followed the preventive measures after taking vaccine.
3.I had side effects after receiving the COVID vaccination.
4.I had COVID after my first dose of vaccination.
5.I know about the protection that COVID vaccine offers against the virus.
100 students were surveyed.
For each question – Mean, Standard deviation, Standard Error and Z has been calculated.
Data analysis –
| Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 | Question 5 | |
| Mean | 0.24 | 0.94 | -0.14 | -0.93 | 1.05 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.09 | 1.20 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.04 |
| Standard
Error |
0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| Z | 2.20 | 7.86 | -1.06 | -6.81 | 10.11 |
Result – Agree – Students experiences were positive during the COVID 19 vaccination.
Conclusions –
1) Students agree that their family had to stand in queues to get vaccinated.
2) Students agree that they followed the preventive measures after taking the vaccine.
3) Students responses were neutral regarding the side effects they had after receiving the COVID vaccination.
4) Students disagree that they had COVID after the first vaccination dose.
5) Students agreed that they knew about the protection the COVID vaccine offers against the virus.
References – GRUSZCZYNSKI, L., & Chien-huei WU. (2021). Between the High Ideals and Reality: Managing COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 12(3), 711–719. https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2021.9
SITAR-TAUT, D.-A.; MICAN, D. Social media exposure assessment: influence on attitudes toward generic vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online Information Review, [s. l.], v. 47, n. 1, p. 138–161, 2023. DOI 10.1108/OIR-11-2021-0621. Disponível em: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=37f3466c-1f23-3b9e-91bd-d0badaf9af6a. Acesso em: 9 ago. 2023.