Universal Predictors of Dental Students' Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach.
Abanoub RiadYi HuangHuthaifa AbdulqaderMariana MorgadoSilvi DomnoriMichal KoščíkJosé João Baltazar MendesMiloslav KlugarElham T Kateebnull Iads-ScorePublished in: Vaccines (2021)
according to the socio-ecological theory, the country's economic level was the only contextual predictor, while the rest were individual predictors. Future research is recommended to be designed in a longitudinal fashion to facilitate evaluating the proposed model. The interventions of controlling vaccine hesitancy among the youth population may benefit from improving their views of the risk-benefit ratio of COVID-19 vaccines. Moreover, healthcare students, including dental students, will likely benefit from increasing their awareness of immunization and infectious diseases through curricular amendments.