Date of Completion

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Keywords

Level of Knowledge, Level of Preparedness, Pharmacy, COVID-19 Vaccines, COVID19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal

Abstract

Vaccine hesitancy remains to be a major barrier in the prevention and management of highly contagious diseases such as COVID-19. Pharmacy students, as future health and immunization advocates may aid in declining the rate of COVID19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal. The study employed a descriptive, analytical study design and aimed to assess pharmacy students' level of knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines and level of preparedness in addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Majority of pharmacy students (70.2%) have a good level of knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines. The Chi-Square test of Independence reveals that there are no significant associations between demographic profile and level of knowledge, p = 0.662; p = 0.468. Majority of the respondents (41.2%) have a moderate level of preparedness while only 4 students (3.5%) have very low preparedness. Pharmacy students have a moderate level of preparedness with an overall mean of 3.40 (SD=0.80). Chi-square Test of Independence revealed that there are no significant associations between demographic profile and level of preparedness, p = 0.271, p = 0.127. Spearman rho value of 𝜌 (112) = 0.086 indicates that there is no significant relationship between the level of knowledge and level of preparedness of pharmacy students in addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal. The researchers recommend improvement of the instrument, expand the number of respondents, employ longer data collection period, research on different pharmacy curricula and vaccine attitudes and behavior to improve the current study.

First Advisor

James S. Dayrit

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