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Anonymous self-completed questionnaires and the participants\u2019 Child Health Booklet were used to estimate complete vaccination coverage of mandatory vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases of undergraduate students at the University of West Attica during the academic year 2020\u20132021. Student\u2019s t-tests were used to estimate mean values. Overall, 79% (95% CI: 78\u201381%) of study participants were fully vaccinated. This coverage was lower in males especially for vaccines that should be done during childhood (p = 0.045). High vaccination percentage (&gt;90%) was observed for the meningococcus group A, C, W135, Y, measles-mumps-rubella, hepatitis B and meningitis C vaccine. Nevertheless, suboptimal coverage was assessed for the booster dose of tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, for the human papillomavirus vaccine among girls, for the tuberculosis, for the meningococcus group B, for the pneumococcal, and for the seasonal influenza vaccines. In conclusion, the promotion of routine vaccination programs for young adults needs to be strengthened. An identification system for under-vaccinated students, an efficient reminder system and university campus vaccine program practices should be established, particularly among males.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9101553","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]],"date-time":"2022-10-13T20:55:11Z","timestamp":1665694511000},"page":"1553","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Vaccination Coverage during Childhood and Adolescence among Undergraduate Health Science Students in Greece"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Elisabeth K.","family":"Andrie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica (UNIWA), 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5396-029X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Evanthia","family":"Sakellari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica (UNIWA), 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anastasia","family":"Barbouni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica (UNIWA), 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Artemis K.","family":"Tsitsika","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MSc Program \u201cStr. of Developmental & Adolescent Health\u201d, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mesogeion 15-Goudi, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6687-358X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Areti","family":"Lagiou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica (UNIWA), 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"UNICEF (2019). 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