Assessment of COVID-19 vaccination refusal among healthcare workers in Ethiopia.
Front Public Health
; 10: 929754, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2022956
ABSTRACT
Background:
Even though the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and the increasing vaccination rates are promising, there are reports of refusal to get vaccinated in a different segment of the population, including health care workers.Objective:
This study determines the acceptance/refusal of the COVID-19 vaccination and its predictors among health care workers in Ethiopia.Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a group of health care workers at different health facilities in Ethiopia. Data were collected from 1 to 30 July 2020. Data were collected from 403 participants through an online Google submission form. Data were entered into Epi-info 7 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis.Results:
Approximately 38.5% of the health care workers in the study had refused COVID-19 vaccination. Younger age groups vs. 40 and above years (age 20-24 year [AOR 0.03, 95% CI (0.00, 0.48)], age 25-29 year [AOR 0.02, 95% CI (0.00, 0.49)], and age 30-34 year [AOR 0.04 (0.00, 0.49)] and medical doctors vs. Nurses [AOR 0.06, 95% CI, (0.01, 0.42)] were reported as risk factors; also, academic working staff vs. hospital staff [AOR 4.42, 95% CI (1.85, 10.54)] was reported as a protective factor toward refusal of COVID-19 vaccination.Conclusion:
Two-fifths of health care workers in Ethiopia were indicated to refuse COVID-19 vaccination, implying a significant barrier to achieving WHO's a target of 70% double vaccination rate by mid-2022.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fpubh.2022.929754
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