Cargando…
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This study examined the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccines and measured adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees in public transportations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a public transportation company-based cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire or a structu...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis
2023
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36880671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2184759 |
_version_ | 1784909602544943104 |
---|---|
author | Liga, Abebe Debu Jabir, Yasin Negash Bacha, Reta Habtamu |
author_facet | Liga, Abebe Debu Jabir, Yasin Negash Bacha, Reta Habtamu |
author_sort | Liga, Abebe Debu |
collection | PubMed |
description | This study examined the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccines and measured adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees in public transportations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a public transportation company-based cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire or a structured face-to-face interview was used to obtain information about willingness to get vaccinated, adherence to recommended non-pharmaceutical interventions, and source and quality of information about COVID-19 vaccines. Overall, 23.8% of 412 responding employees were willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A majority (75.2%) never used facemasks, had poor knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines (82.3%), and had the opinion not to be susceptible to COVID-19 (81.1%). Better education increased the odds of being willing to get vaccinated (OR = 3.28, CI: (1.24–8.63)), male sex (OR = 2.45 (1.08–5.58)), history of chronic disease (OR = 3.01 (1.38–6.56)), watching TV for information on COVID-19 (OR = 14.79 (2.53–86.62)) or considering COVID-19, a severe disease (OR = 9.12 (3.89–21.35)). In addition, the opinion that vaccination can prevent COVID-19, trust in the vaccines, and assuming COVID-19 has an impact at the workplace increased the odds to accept vaccination significantly. In contrast, poor knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccines reduced accepting vaccination significantly (OR = 0.20 (0.09–0.44)). Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among public transportations workers in Addis Ababa is very low, which may be due to insufficient knowledge about the vaccines, cultural factors, religious beliefs, and a lack of or distorted information about the disease. Therefore, stakeholders should provide credible and tailored information to transportation workers on the severity and impact of COVID-19 and inform them about the effectiveness of the vaccines. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-10026860 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2023 |
publisher | Taylor & Francis |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-100268602023-03-21 COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Liga, Abebe Debu Jabir, Yasin Negash Bacha, Reta Habtamu Hum Vaccin Immunother Acceptance & Hesitation This study examined the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccines and measured adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees in public transportations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a public transportation company-based cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire or a structured face-to-face interview was used to obtain information about willingness to get vaccinated, adherence to recommended non-pharmaceutical interventions, and source and quality of information about COVID-19 vaccines. Overall, 23.8% of 412 responding employees were willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A majority (75.2%) never used facemasks, had poor knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines (82.3%), and had the opinion not to be susceptible to COVID-19 (81.1%). Better education increased the odds of being willing to get vaccinated (OR = 3.28, CI: (1.24–8.63)), male sex (OR = 2.45 (1.08–5.58)), history of chronic disease (OR = 3.01 (1.38–6.56)), watching TV for information on COVID-19 (OR = 14.79 (2.53–86.62)) or considering COVID-19, a severe disease (OR = 9.12 (3.89–21.35)). In addition, the opinion that vaccination can prevent COVID-19, trust in the vaccines, and assuming COVID-19 has an impact at the workplace increased the odds to accept vaccination significantly. In contrast, poor knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccines reduced accepting vaccination significantly (OR = 0.20 (0.09–0.44)). Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among public transportations workers in Addis Ababa is very low, which may be due to insufficient knowledge about the vaccines, cultural factors, religious beliefs, and a lack of or distorted information about the disease. Therefore, stakeholders should provide credible and tailored information to transportation workers on the severity and impact of COVID-19 and inform them about the effectiveness of the vaccines. Taylor & Francis 2023-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10026860/ /pubmed/36880671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2184759 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
spellingShingle | Acceptance & Hesitation Liga, Abebe Debu Jabir, Yasin Negash Bacha, Reta Habtamu COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_full | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_short | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_sort | covid-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in addis ababa, ethiopia |
topic | Acceptance & Hesitation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36880671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2184759 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT ligaabebedebu covid19vaccineacceptanceandadherencetononpharmaceuticalinterventionsamongemployeesofpublictransportationscompanyinaddisababaethiopia AT jabiryasinnegash covid19vaccineacceptanceandadherencetononpharmaceuticalinterventionsamongemployeesofpublictransportationscompanyinaddisababaethiopia AT bacharetahabtamu covid19vaccineacceptanceandadherencetononpharmaceuticalinterventionsamongemployeesofpublictransportationscompanyinaddisababaethiopia |