Vacinas obrigatórias aos trabalhadores da área da saúde: conhecimento de estudantes do curso de medicina de universidade do norte do paraná acerca do tema

Abstract

The objective of the research was to investigate the knowledge of students from the University of Northern Paraná, from the 1st to the 6th year of Medicine, about the vaccines essential for health professionals, in addition to understanding their availability in the public network, the etiological agents that cause diseases and their modes of transmission. The research has an applied nature, of an exploratory nature and considered as a survey research in relation to the technique used. Data were obtained through a questionnaire, which was applied together with the Free and Informed Consent Term, which ensures privacy, security and confidentiality for participants over 18 years of age, since minors were not part of the research. The ANOVA test performed the statistical analysis of the quantitative data from the validated questionnaires. The information obtained was placed in graphs and tables, and the result was compared to the results of other researchers. As for the results obtained, a divergence was observed in the students' knowledge regarding mandatory vaccination for health workers, availability in the SUS, causative agents and forms of contagion. This divergence was explored through the analysis of the error averages of the first and last years of the course, and these obtained the lowest average of errors. However, when examining the average of the groups evaluated in individual questions, it was evidenced that there was no significance in some questions, that is, no considerable difference or expansion of knowledge on the subject was proven over the years