To stop the spread of COVID-19, many colleges and universities implemented vaccine requirements for their students returning to campus. Now, these policies are less common for the COVID-19 vaccine, but many continue to require students to provide proof of immunization against other diseases, including meningitis, measles, mumps, rubella and tetanus.
Researchers at Temple University, with support from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, have completed a series of studies to understand college students’ perceptions of vaccines and vaccine requirements, specifically related to the COVID-19 vaccine, and most recently sought to understand students’ general feelings about vaccines and vaccine education.
The recently published article in the Journal of American College Health finds a majority of students…