Recommendations
Recommendations
Based on the information gathered through this research study, a similar survey could be implemented in various settings to improve understanding regarding the general public’s perspectives on mandatory vaccination. Specifically, the findings from this survey have the potential to benefit other post-secondary institutions and their students, as vaccination perspectives are made clear. The information obtained from this survey may allow post-secondary institutions insight into student population perspectives on returning to in-person education with a vaccine mandate. This study could also be implemented globally to encourage other institutions to consider student perspectives on vaccination before making decisions regarding subsequent semesters. This research may be continued by other student researchers from various universities to allow for more student perspectives on mandatory vaccination. In the future, this study can be changed in length or design as it is applied in different institutions to acquire data from other faculties and departments. Data from this study could also be used in all forms of education if the institution is willing to hear the students’ perspectives on the matter.
Similar research could be applied to the government decision-making process regarding vaccination mandates for the public. This information may alert public health officials and governments on influencing factors, generational patterns, and reasons for hesitancy surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine. The survey could be altered to acquire more detailed information pertaining to the participant’s demographics to emphasize vaccination perspectives, factors, and patterns within a particular population. As a result, government mandates would be fully informed about public perspectives and perceptions around mandatory vaccination. Campaigns, messaging, and research will become more targeted once these patterns and influencing factors are exposed.
The survey could be adjusted to obtain student views on instruction style and how classes should be run during the pandemic at MacEwan University. This survey can be made available to all faculty and staff at the university to obtain a broader understanding of the institution’s perspective on mandating vaccination and the operation of the university. The questions could be changed to accommodate instructors’ perspectives, as well as students, as they are also being exposed to Covid-19 while on campus. This research may be useful for subsequent semesters and for gaining student opinions on how classes should be operated. Surveying the student population and staff regarding exposure to sickness may also affect how the university handles students attending classes on campus with illnesses other than Covid. Overall, the survey could be adjusted to affect how MacEwan University operates its classes and how they handle student and faculty interactions with a vaccine mandate.
