Immunization, knowledge and orientations: a vision of health graduates

• Autor(a) principal: Menezes, João Daniel de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lalucce, Giovana Lara Lopes, Mota, Maria Eduarda Dóro, Melo, Maria Eduarda Moura, Del Vecchio, Ana Lídia Vieira, Castiglioni, Lilian, Piatto, Vânia Belintani
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/26994
• topic: Faculdades de Medicina; Doenças Preveníveis por Vacina; Conhecimento.; Facultades de Medicina; Enfermedades Prevenibles por Vacunación; Conocimiento.; Schools, Medical; Vaccine-Preventable Diseases; Knowledge.

The understanding of professionals about the importance of vaccination is extremely important, since it is the health professional's duty to provide guidance, and it is essential to have a good understanding of vaccination. Objective: To understand the vision and knowledge of undergraduate health students regarding the use of immunobiological. Methods: This is a descriptive survey, with quantitative analysis, conducted in a nursing, medicine and psychology college in the interior of São Paulo, with 103 nursing and medical students, from October to November 2021, using the Google Forms platform. Results: Most students were in their third year of undergraduate study (50.5%), followed by the fourth year (21.4%). Regarding the content of vaccination being covered in the undergraduate course, 72.8% (75) responded positively, with this content being addressed predominantly in the discipline of Health Surveillance (34.42%), also highlighting the disciplines of Immunology (19.67%) and Child and Adolescent Health (19.67%). Moreover, most students, 58.3% (60), did not participate in any course or event focused on the theme. In the analysis of the students' performance, most students presented a very satisfactory (45.63%) or satisfactory (52.42%) performance, with only a minority being unsatisfactory (1.94%). It can be seen that the percentage of correct answers increased throughout the undergraduate course. Conclusion: This study concludes that undergraduate nursing and medical students had satisfactory knowledge about the subject and that this knowledge is progressive over the years.