Exploring the Influencing Factors of COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness among Young Adults in China

Yue Su; Sijia Li; Feng Huang; Jia Xue; Tingshao Zhu

doi:10.3390/ijerph20053960

Exploring the Influencing Factors of COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness among Young Adults in China

Yue Su
, Sijia Li
, Feng Huang
, Jia Xue^*
, Tingshao Zhu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Vaccine uptake is considered as one of the most effective methods of defending against COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). However, many young adults are hesitant regarding COVID-19 vaccines, and they actually play an important role in virus transmission. Based on a multi-theory model, this study aims to explore the influencing factors related to COVID-19 vaccine willingness among young adults in China. Using semi-structured interviews, this study explored the factors that would motivate young adults with vaccine hesitancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview data with topic modeling as a complementarity method. After comparing the differences and similarities of results generated by thematic analysis and topic modeling, this study ultimately identified ten key factors related to COVID-19 vaccination intention, including the effectiveness and safety of vaccines, application range of vaccine, etc. This study combined thematic analysis with machine learning and provided a comprehensive and nuanced picture of facilitating factors for COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Chinese young adults. Results may be taken as potential themes for authorities and public health workers in vaccination campaigns. © 2023 by the authors.

Original language	English
Article number	3960
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	20
Issue number	5
Online published	23 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053960
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023
Externally published	Yes

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This research was supported by the Scientific Foundation of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. E2CX4735YZ.

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COVID-19 vaccine
influencing factor
qualitative research
thematic analysis
topic model
vaccine hesitancy
vaccine intention
vaccine willingness

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