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The COVID‐19 pandemic created the need for universal vaccination. This study aimed to
compare university students’ (pre‐service teachers) conceptions who had already learned the im‐
mune system and vaccination topics in the “Human Biology and Health (HBH)” curricular unit with
those who had not yet taken part in it. It also intended to verify the influence of secondary school
background, perception of one’s own health, feeling at risk for COVID‐19 and their own experience
with it and scientific knowledge related to SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. It was a cross‐sectional study
with a mixed methodology for data analysis. A questionnaire was applied online to a sample of 102
university students. Results show that students who had already taken the subject on the immune
system and vaccination had more acceptable conceptions about the vaccine and wanted to be vac‐
cinated but not in the initial moment of the national vaccination process. The fear of adverse reac‐
tions seemed to be the major hesitancy factor. Furthermore, students’ argumentation showed that
their conceptions progressed towards more socio‐scientific reasoning.
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Science education Science literacy Health literacy
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Citation
Anastácio, Zélia; Silva, Thayná; Antão, Celeste; Braide, Andrea; Batistti, Iara: Carvalho, Graça S. (2022). Influence of human biology and health (hbh) teaching–learning process on students’ conceptions of the covid-19 vaccine. Sustainability. ISSN 2071-1050. 15:41, p. 21-20
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MDPI