Does high school health education class satisfaction influence student perceptions of public health and pandemic response? - 09/05/24
Résumé |
Background |
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected high school students. Little is known about the mediators of student perceptions of infection prevention and public health entities. We piloted a survey to evaluate the relationship between student perceptions of COVID-19 topics and satisfaction with their most recent health class.
Methods |
Students from one private high school in southeast Michigan completed a survey in early 2022. The primary outcomes were 4 domains: vaccination knowledge, intervention effectiveness, intervention impact, and willingness to readopt an intervention. We assessed the associations between health class satisfaction and these outcomes using multiple linear regression.
Results |
One-hundred ninety students reported their health class satisfaction and were eligible for analysis. Students reported high confidence in vaccines (93%) but limited knowledge of COVID-19 vaccination (45%). Students perceived COVID-19 interventions as highly effective (range, 72% [hand hygiene]—93% [vaccination]) and reported a willingness to readopt them (range, 73% [stay-at-home orders]—96% [vaccination]). Health class satisfaction (54%) was positively associated with composite scores on vaccination knowledge and intervention effectiveness.
Discussion |
Assessing students’ intrapandemic perspectives on infection prevention illuminated areas of strength (ie, intervention confidence) and areas for improvement (ie, intervention knowledge and institutional confidence).
Conclusions |
Students reported favorable perceptions regarding common infection prevention interventions. Future work should investigate the role of educational satisfaction in mediating confidence in public health interventions and institutions.
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• | Little is known about student perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
• | We surveyed 232 high school students in a 31-question e-survey. |
• | Students reported high levels of confidence in the COVID-19 pandemic response. |
• | Students reported a willingness to readopt interventions for future outbreaks. |
• | Low to moderate confidence in public policy and government officials was reported. |
Key Words : Education satisfaction, Infection prevention, COVID-19
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| Conflicts of interest: A.H. has provided oversight of clinical trials as a monitor for a clinical research organization that provides services for sponsors in the pharmaceutical industry. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 52 - N° 6
P. 719-725 - juin 2024 Retour au numéro
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