目的COVID-19大流行为大学管理人员和卫生专业人员保持大门开放和学生安全带来了前所未有的挑战。乐观偏见和健康信念模型是理解学生对感染病毒的感知易感性和严重程度以及遵循预防建议的感知益处和自我效能感的基础。参与者：来自中西部一所大型大学的1,773名本科生和研究生参加了会议。方法：通过电子邮件向学生发送在线调查，检查他们对COVID-19的看法和知识以及他们对建议的预防措施的依从性。结果：几乎一半的学生认为他们不会感染COVID-19，但表示他们的朋友有风险。大多数人都遵循大多数疾病控制和预防中心的建议，并了解这样做的好处。结论：结果可以帮助大学官员开发有效的COVID-19信息，从而减少病例数，死亡,和病毒的传播。
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for university administrators and health professionals to keep doors open and students safe. Optimistic bias and the Health Belief Model serve as foundations for understanding students\' perceived susceptibility and severity for contracting the virus and their perceived benefits and self-efficacy for following prevention recommendations. Participants: A total of 1,773 undergraduate and graduate students from a large mid-western university participated. Methods: Students were emailed an online survey examining their perceptions and knowledge of COVID-19 and their adherence to recommended preventive measures. Results: Almost one-half of students do not think they will get COVID-19 but said their friends are at risk. The majority are following most Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations and understand the perceived benefits of doing so. Conclusions: Results could aid university officials in developing effective COVID-19 messages that could lead to reductions in cases numbers, deaths, and spread of the virus.
