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The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar

The global pandemic situation of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been ongoing for more than 2 years with the emergence of different variants. With the rapid development of vaccines, countries including Myanmar rolled out vaccination programs to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 with the u...

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Autores principales: Simon, Saw, Min, Kaung Myat, Latt, Tun Zaw, Moe, Pa Pa, Tun, Kyaw Myo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37535512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002162
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author Simon, Saw
Min, Kaung Myat
Latt, Tun Zaw
Moe, Pa Pa
Tun, Kyaw Myo
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description The global pandemic situation of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been ongoing for more than 2 years with the emergence of different variants. With the rapid development of vaccines, countries including Myanmar rolled out vaccination programs to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 with the ultimate goal to end the pandemic. This study seeks to explore the acceptance of the general adult population towards the COVID-19 vaccines administered by the Ministry of Health, and barriers to vaccine acceptance. A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted by adopting valid and reliable questionnaires from similar studies around the world. Simple random sampling was used to select 288 participants from 12 townships of Rakhine State, Myanmar. The interview was performed using standardized paper-based documents. While the data entry and manipulation were performed using Microsoft Excel, the data analysis process was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. As descriptive statistics, the level of vaccine acceptance, and barriers to vaccine acceptance were calculated. Chi-square analysis and bivariate logistics regression was performed to explore the associated socio-demographic characteristics, COVID-19 and vaccine-related experience, and perceptions of participants on the health belief model (HBM) domains related to vaccine acceptance. A total of 276 participants entered the study and revealed an overall vaccine acceptance level of 91.3%. Higher level of education, working in skilled manual and sales services, monthly income of more than 200,000 MMK (111 USD), history of previous vaccination, not experiencing side effects of vaccine after previous immunization, and elements of the health belief model (HBM) were associated with higher vaccine acceptance. The barriers to vaccine acceptance were mistrust of the efficacy of vaccines and potential major adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines. The high level of vaccine acceptance among the general population in Rakhine state provides an opportunity for health authorities to achieve high vaccination coverage within the community. Nevertheless, the vaccine-related education campaigns should be targeted and conveyed frequently to the sub-groups of the population with vaccine hesitancy to obtain the highest achievable level of vaccine coverage within the community for the ultimate goal to end the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-103998712023-08-04 The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar Simon, Saw Min, Kaung Myat Latt, Tun Zaw Moe, Pa Pa Tun, Kyaw Myo PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article The global pandemic situation of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been ongoing for more than 2 years with the emergence of different variants. With the rapid development of vaccines, countries including Myanmar rolled out vaccination programs to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 with the ultimate goal to end the pandemic. This study seeks to explore the acceptance of the general adult population towards the COVID-19 vaccines administered by the Ministry of Health, and barriers to vaccine acceptance. A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted by adopting valid and reliable questionnaires from similar studies around the world. Simple random sampling was used to select 288 participants from 12 townships of Rakhine State, Myanmar. The interview was performed using standardized paper-based documents. While the data entry and manipulation were performed using Microsoft Excel, the data analysis process was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. As descriptive statistics, the level of vaccine acceptance, and barriers to vaccine acceptance were calculated. Chi-square analysis and bivariate logistics regression was performed to explore the associated socio-demographic characteristics, COVID-19 and vaccine-related experience, and perceptions of participants on the health belief model (HBM) domains related to vaccine acceptance. A total of 276 participants entered the study and revealed an overall vaccine acceptance level of 91.3%. Higher level of education, working in skilled manual and sales services, monthly income of more than 200,000 MMK (111 USD), history of previous vaccination, not experiencing side effects of vaccine after previous immunization, and elements of the health belief model (HBM) were associated with higher vaccine acceptance. The barriers to vaccine acceptance were mistrust of the efficacy of vaccines and potential major adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines. The high level of vaccine acceptance among the general population in Rakhine state provides an opportunity for health authorities to achieve high vaccination coverage within the community. Nevertheless, the vaccine-related education campaigns should be targeted and conveyed frequently to the sub-groups of the population with vaccine hesitancy to obtain the highest achievable level of vaccine coverage within the community for the ultimate goal to end the pandemic. Public Library of Science 2023-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10399871/ /pubmed/37535512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002162 Text en © 2023 Simon et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Latt, Tun Zaw
Moe, Pa Pa
Tun, Kyaw Myo
The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title_full The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title_fullStr The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title_short The community acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Rakhine State: A cross-sectional study in Myanmar
title_sort community acceptance of covid-19 vaccines in rakhine state: a cross-sectional study in myanmar
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37535512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002162
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