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Knowledge and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Undergraduate Students from Central and Southern Italy.

Francesca Gallè, Elita Anna Sabella, Paolo Roma, Osvalda De Giglio, Giuseppina Caggiano, Silvio Tafuri, Giovanna Da Molin, Stefano Ferracuti, Maria Teresa Montagna, Giorgio Liguori and 2 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Francesca GallèDepartment of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0504-9562
Elita Anna SabellaInter-University Research Centre "Population, Environment and Health", University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Paolo RomaDepartment of Human Neurosciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1031-0948
Osvalda De GiglioDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0297-9502
Giuseppina CaggianoDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3009-9147
Silvio TafuriDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4194-0210
Giovanna Da MolinInter-University Research Centre "Population, Environment and Health", University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Stefano FerracutiDepartment of Human Neurosciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1150-1460
Maria Teresa MontagnaDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2958-5458
Giorgio LiguoriDepartment of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
Giovanni Battista OrsiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9246-6216
Christian NapoliDepartment of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5775-2276

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the end of 2020, the Italian Ministry of Health launched a national vaccination campaign to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed at appraising levels of knowledge about and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of Italian undergraduates during the first phase of the immunization plan. A web-based questionnaire was administered to students attending universities in Bari, Naples, and Rome during the period February-April 2021. Of the total of 3226 participants, 91.9% were keen to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. More than 80% gave correct answers to questions about COVID-19 vaccine administration, functioning, and effects on community health. However, only 63.8% identified the correct composition of the available vaccines. Knowledge was found to be related to sociodemographic features and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance (

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