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°¨¿°°ú ÈÇпä¹ý 2021 Volume.53 No. 2 p.364 ~ p.367
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Knowledge and Attitudes of School Teachers on Vaccination in Greece
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Gkentzi Despoina
Benetatou Eleni Karatza Ageliki Marangos Markos Varvarigou Anastasia Dimitriou Gabriel
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Abstract
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Few studies have assessed attitudes and beliefs of school teachers on vaccination. Our cross-sectional questionnaire-based prospective survey aims to explore vaccination coverage and relevant knowledge of school teachers in Greece. Out of the 217 respondents, 93% believe that vaccines offer protection but only 69.7% were completely vaccinated as per adults' National Immunization Schedule. In multivariate analysis, female gender, being a parent, beliefs that vaccination should be mandatory and imposing penalties to vaccine refusals are the main factors that account for teachers' ¡°behavioral¡± variability towards vaccination. Strengthening the training of school teachers in health promotion should become a priority in the era of the highly anticipated vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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KEYWORD
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Knowledge, Attitudes, School teachers, Vaccination, Immunization
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