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      The choice of Taiwanese college students to vaccinate against severe special infectious pneumonia COVID-19 based on the integrated theory of planning behavior

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          Taiwan’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine procurement was delayed until October 2021. With the vaccine’s introduction in Taiwan, the public will have an opportunity to choose vaccination. Choosing to vaccinate involves considerations regarding the trade-off between the protective power of the vaccine and its side effects, which is a planned behavior. College students have considered high-risk objects for COVID-19 outbreaks given their lifestyle, and their efficient vaccination may help reduce mutual infection between college students and the general public. This study obtained 707 valid questionnaires from Taiwan college students (20 years old and above). We investigated several factors during our college students’ survey regarding vaccination. Among this integrated TPB model, “Attitude,” “Subjective Norm,” “Perceived Behavioral Control,” and “COVID-19 Information Asymmetry” had a positive impact on vaccination “Behavioral Intention.” COVID-19 information asymmetry positively and significantly affected behavioral intention through perceived behavioral control, while perceived behavioral control had a mediating effect. To promote the behavioral intention of college students to choose COVID-19 vaccination, public and private departments for epidemic prevention must aim to overcome the self-efficacy barriers of perceived behavioral control and promote the primary group influence effect of subjective norm and the self-interest factor of attitude. Governments and NGOs should also ensure prompt and accurate transmission of epidemic and vaccine information and actively investigate and prohibit misleading details from unknown sources and no scientific basis. Such a policy will generate trust, effectively increasing the vaccination rate and reducing cluster infection.

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                Journal
                Hum Vaccin Immunother
                Hum Vaccin Immunother
                Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
                Taylor & Francis
                2164-5515
                2164-554X
                22 November 2022
                2022
                22 November 2022
                : 18
                : 7
                : 2148500
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital; , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
                [b ]Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University; , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
                [c ]Department of Marketing Management, SHU-TE University; , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
                [d ]Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University; , Taipei, Taiwan
                [e ]Department of Hotel Management, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism; , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
                Author notes
                CONTACT Po-Chun Lee chyun0124@ 123456gmail.com Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital; , 7F., No. 1, Ln. 218, Jianxing S. Rd., Kaohsiung, Pingtung County 900044, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
                Article
                2148500
                10.1080/21645515.2022.2148500
                9762833
                36415127
                dbf82202-2d6b-4c18-b3d6-31af353d6b06
                © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.

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                Figures: 2, Tables: 7, References: 66, Pages: 13
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                Research Article
                Coronavirus – Research Article

                Molecular medicine
                epidemic prevention policy,vaccination choice,theory of planned behavior,covid-19

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