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Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The development of COVID-19 vaccines holds great potential for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines, irrespective of the disease are generally fraught with hesitancy, and Nigeria has a history of vaccine hesitancy. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the perception of co...

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Autores principales: Olugbenga-Bello, Adenike Iyanuoluwa, Bamidele, Olayinka Oluwabusola, Ilori, Oluwatosin Ruth, Ige, Roseline Olabisi, Anegbe, Norbertta Ekpen
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Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10481902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37680871
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2023.2393
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author Olugbenga-Bello, Adenike Iyanuoluwa
Bamidele, Olayinka Oluwabusola
Ilori, Oluwatosin Ruth
Ige, Roseline Olabisi
Anegbe, Norbertta Ekpen
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Bamidele, Olayinka Oluwabusola
Ilori, Oluwatosin Ruth
Ige, Roseline Olabisi
Anegbe, Norbertta Ekpen
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description BACKGROUND: The development of COVID-19 vaccines holds great potential for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines, irrespective of the disease are generally fraught with hesitancy, and Nigeria has a history of vaccine hesitancy. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the perception of community members about the COVID-19 vaccine and their readiness to accept the vaccine in South West, Nigeria. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from consenting adults using a structured online questionnaire for a period of three weeks. Data were subjected to a Chi-square test and logistic regression for bivariate and multivariate analysis, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 807 respondents participated in the survey with 57.7% males and 42.3% females. Forty-five respondents (5.6%) had previously been diagnosed with COVID-19 while 11.5% of the respondents had co-morbidity. The overall perception of COVID-19 vaccines was good. Fifty-nine (59%) percent of the respondents were willing to accept the vaccine and will also encourage their family members to take the vaccine. Vaccine origin and cost were determinants of vaccine acceptability. Nonacceptability of the vaccine (61.6%) was based on possible adverse effects of the vaccine and mistrust of the government. Educational level, skill status, type of employment, and sector of employment were associated (P<0.001) with the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: Citizens were willing to take COVID-19 vaccines, however, a lack of trust in government programs might undermine the vaccine campaign. Hence, the government needs to rebuild trust with the citizens towards achieving a high vaccination rate for COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-104819022023-09-07 Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study Olugbenga-Bello, Adenike Iyanuoluwa Bamidele, Olayinka Oluwabusola Ilori, Oluwatosin Ruth Ige, Roseline Olabisi Anegbe, Norbertta Ekpen J Public Health Afr Article BACKGROUND: The development of COVID-19 vaccines holds great potential for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines, irrespective of the disease are generally fraught with hesitancy, and Nigeria has a history of vaccine hesitancy. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at determining the perception of community members about the COVID-19 vaccine and their readiness to accept the vaccine in South West, Nigeria. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from consenting adults using a structured online questionnaire for a period of three weeks. Data were subjected to a Chi-square test and logistic regression for bivariate and multivariate analysis, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 807 respondents participated in the survey with 57.7% males and 42.3% females. Forty-five respondents (5.6%) had previously been diagnosed with COVID-19 while 11.5% of the respondents had co-morbidity. The overall perception of COVID-19 vaccines was good. Fifty-nine (59%) percent of the respondents were willing to accept the vaccine and will also encourage their family members to take the vaccine. Vaccine origin and cost were determinants of vaccine acceptability. Nonacceptability of the vaccine (61.6%) was based on possible adverse effects of the vaccine and mistrust of the government. Educational level, skill status, type of employment, and sector of employment were associated (P<0.001) with the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: Citizens were willing to take COVID-19 vaccines, however, a lack of trust in government programs might undermine the vaccine campaign. Hence, the government needs to rebuild trust with the citizens towards achieving a high vaccination rate for COVID-19. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2023-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10481902/ /pubmed/37680871 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2023.2393 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Olugbenga-Bello, Adenike Iyanuoluwa
Bamidele, Olayinka Oluwabusola
Ilori, Oluwatosin Ruth
Ige, Roseline Olabisi
Anegbe, Norbertta Ekpen
Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title_full Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title_short Community perception and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine in South-West Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
title_sort community perception and acceptability of covid-19 vaccine in south-west nigeria: an online cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10481902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37680871
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2023.2393
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