Vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Ukraine: Current Problems of State Educational Policy and Outreach Work of Higher Medical Educational Institutions

Campaña de vacunación contra el COVID-19 en Ucrania: Problemas actuales de la política educativa estatal y de la labor de divulgación de las instituciones de enseñanza médica superior

• Marija Hutsol Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8970-8835
• Olha Tatarina Orthopedic National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-3624
• Olena Titkova Odessa National Medical University. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8697-0950
• Anatolija Krasnova Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-4549
• Halyna Stechak Ukrainian Studies Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7112-3409

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.45

Keywords: vaccination campaign, disclosure, institutions of higher medical education, national security, pandemic threats

Abstract

The study is dedicated to the coverage of the peculiarities of the organization of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Ukraine, all this, to analyze the achievements and current problems of the outreach work of medical institutions of higher education. This paper is an independent scientific research review with an analysis of the questionnaire data on the problematic issue. The study was based on the application of a series of theoretical and empirical methods: analysis, systematization and generalization of data on the search for the characteristics of the organization of dissemination work in higher medical education institutions; questionnaire survey to the participants of the educational process.The survey involved 250 respondents from the aforementioned medical HEIs. The results established the awareness of the participants and also testified to the feasibility and importance of strengthening outreach activities in the selected higher medical education institutions. We conclude that consistent disclosure about the risks, uncertainties and availability of vaccines fosters public confidence in vaccination.

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