Costly Miscommunication: College Students with Disabilities’ Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccine Costs
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Abstract
Institutions of higher education have mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for students wishing to return to an on-campus, in-person learning experience. However, college students with disabilities (SWDs) may be hesitant to take a COVID-19 vaccine for a variety of reasons, possibly delaying or denying these students’ access to higher education. Yet, an under-researched aspect of COVID-19 vaccinations and related communication is whether college students with disabilities understand that the COVID-19 vaccine is free and whether that understanding varies by intersectional identities. As a result, this study’s research team surveyed 245 college students with disabilities to explore these students’ knowledge of vaccine costs and whether differences exist between groups. Data suggests many college students with disabilities do not know that COVID-19 vaccinations are free: White/Caucasian SWDs were most aware of COVID-19 vaccines being free (23.6%), while Latinx students were least aware (1.3%). Moreover, women were more aware of free COVID-19 vaccines (14.8%) than men (11.4%), first generation college students were more aware (15.6%) than non-first generation college students (12.2%), and full-time students (19%) were more aware than part-time students (8.9%). Overall, less than 25% of SWDs understood that COVID-19 vaccines are free. Implications for health communication, vaccine awareness, and higher education policy are addressed.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.11.04.21265924: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The survey asked for a student’s birth year, race (Asian American/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic, White/Caucasian, or a fill-in-the-blank), gender (woman, man, non-binary conforming), first generation in college status (defined as neither parent earning any level of postsecondary credential), educational level (two-year, four-year, or graduate), enrollment status (part- or full-time), and current mode of education (on-campus, online, or hybrid). Islandersuggested: (Islander, RRID:S…SciScore for 10.1101/2021.11.04.21265924: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The survey asked for a student’s birth year, race (Asian American/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic, White/Caucasian, or a fill-in-the-blank), gender (woman, man, non-binary conforming), first generation in college status (defined as neither parent earning any level of postsecondary credential), educational level (two-year, four-year, or graduate), enrollment status (part- or full-time), and current mode of education (on-campus, online, or hybrid). Islandersuggested: (Islander, RRID:SCR_007758)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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