COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment

Abstract Objective To promote public health and resume university activities, COVID-19 vaccination has been mandated from an increasing number of universities worldwide. The objective of the study is to understand the factors that impact preference and willingness to take the vaccine among universit...

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Autores principales:	Xue Li, Man Yui Chong, Ching Yui Chan, Vindy Wing Sun Chan, Xinning Tong
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 vaccine Preference and vaccination decision Discrete choice experiment Medicine R Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Science (General) Q1-390
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7599cf6d525d40a0a65799864cb9b6362021-11-28T12:24:58ZCOVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment10.1186/s13104-021-05841-z1756-0500https://doaj.org/article/7599cf6d525d40a0a65799864cb9b6362021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05841-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/1756-0500Abstract Objective To promote public health and resume university activities, COVID-19 vaccination has been mandated from an increasing number of universities worldwide. The objective of the study is to understand the factors that impact preference and willingness to take the vaccine among university students in Hong Kong universities utilizing an online questionnaire. The findings will be imperative for health education and the success of the vaccination program. Results We conducted a discrete choice experiment survey among university students in Hong Kong and applied conditional logit regression to estimate their vaccine preference and the weight of each attribute. Regression results showed adverse reactions, efficacy, origin of the vaccine, required number of doses and out-of-pocket price are significant determinants for the choice of vaccine, ranked from the most to least important. Similar preference weighting results were observed after adjusting age, sex, monthly household income, studying medical-related subjects and recent influenza vaccination. Safety, efficacy and origin of the vaccine are key drivers for vaccination decisions among young adults in Hong Kong. Health education and communication focused on these factors are urgently needed to overcome vaccine hesitancy and improve the vaccine uptake.Xue LiMan Yui ChongChing Yui ChanVindy Wing Sun ChanXinning TongBMCarticleCOVID-19 vaccinePreference and vaccination decisionDiscrete choice experimentMedicineRBiology (General)QH301-705.5Science (General)Q1-390ENBMC Research Notes, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021)
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 vaccine Preference and vaccination decision Discrete choice experiment Medicine R Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Science (General) Q1-390 Xue Li Man Yui Chong Ching Yui Chan Vindy Wing Sun Chan Xinning Tong COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment
description	Abstract Objective To promote public health and resume university activities, COVID-19 vaccination has been mandated from an increasing number of universities worldwide. The objective of the study is to understand the factors that impact preference and willingness to take the vaccine among university students in Hong Kong universities utilizing an online questionnaire. The findings will be imperative for health education and the success of the vaccination program. Results We conducted a discrete choice experiment survey among university students in Hong Kong and applied conditional logit regression to estimate their vaccine preference and the weight of each attribute. Regression results showed adverse reactions, efficacy, origin of the vaccine, required number of doses and out-of-pocket price are significant determinants for the choice of vaccine, ranked from the most to least important. Similar preference weighting results were observed after adjusting age, sex, monthly household income, studying medical-related subjects and recent influenza vaccination. Safety, efficacy and origin of the vaccine are key drivers for vaccination decisions among young adults in Hong Kong. Health education and communication focused on these factors are urgently needed to overcome vaccine hesitancy and improve the vaccine uptake.
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title	COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment
title_short	COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment
title_full	COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment
title_fullStr	COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment
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COVID-19 vaccine preferences among university students in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment

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