the situation of students' covid-19 vaccination and their views on vaccination: turkey case

Background: this research aimed to define the status of young university students in turkey with the covid-19 vaccine and their ideas about it. methods: this descriptive and quantitative study was conducted on 602 undergraduate students of a state university in the central anatolian region of turkey in the spring semester of the 2021 - 2022 academic year. the data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the students using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers based on the literature. the chi-square test, percentage, and number were used to analyze the data. results: of the research participants, 89.7% were covid-19-vaccinated. also, 86.7% of vaccinated students had the biontech/pfizer vaccine, 72.96% had two vaccine doses, and 59.5% had doubts about the vaccine. conclusions: opinions about vaccines are affected by some sociodemographic characteristics and expert information.