Perception and willingness to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among household-heads in a rural community of South-Western Nigeria
Afr. j. infect. dis. (Online)
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17(2): 1-8, 2023. tables
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic and its vaccine have been met with varying perceptions that may have both negative and positive effects on the willingness to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine. The study is set to determine the perception and willingness of the household heads to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in a rural community in Southwestern, Nigeria.Materials andMethods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out among 409 household heads selected through a multistage sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was a semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaireusing the Health Belief model constructs. Data were analyzed with IBM SPSS version 21.0 and Pearson's Chi-square test was used to determine the association between perception and willingness to uptake vaccine. P<0.05 was taken as significant at 95% confidence interval.Results:
The majority of the unvaccinated respondents in the study were not willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine (60.1%). There was a poor perception of the susceptibility/severity of unvaccinated respondents to COVID-19 infection and a poor perception of the benefit/barrier to the uptake of the COVID-19vaccine. Perception of susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 infection were statistically related to the willingness to uptake the COVID-19vaccine.Conclusion:
There should be an increase in awareness campaigns to change the perception of people positively to COVID-19 infection and uptake of the COVID-19vaccine.
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Awareness
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Therapeutics
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Family Characteristics
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COVID-19 Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Afr. j. infect. dis. (Online)
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
FederalTeaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State+NG
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Department of Community Medicine and Primary Health-Care, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti/NG
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Department of Family Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State/NG
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State/NG
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Department of Public Health, Kwara State University, Molete, Kwara State/NG
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Department of Radiology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State/NG
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