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Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Scientists across the world are working on innovating a successful vaccine that will save lives and end COVID-19 pandemic. World Health Organization (WHO) is working to make sure COVID-19 vaccines can be safely delivered to all those who need them. Indeed, the successful deployment and a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34166399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253499 |
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author | Handebo, Simegnew Wolde, Maereg Shitu, Kegnie Kassie, Ayenew |
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description | BACKGROUND: Scientists across the world are working on innovating a successful vaccine that will save lives and end COVID-19 pandemic. World Health Organization (WHO) is working to make sure COVID-19 vaccines can be safely delivered to all those who need them. Indeed, the successful deployment and a sufficient uptake of vaccines is equally important. Acceptance and accessibility of such vaccine is a key indicator of vaccination coverage. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the determinants of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City. METHODS: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from December, 2020 to January, 2021. A total of 301 school teachers selected using stratified simple random sampling were included. Descriptive analysis such as medians, means, proportions, standard deviations and frequencies were computed. Linear regression analysis was done to identify factors associated with intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. A p-value of less than 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. RESULTS: The median intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was 3.33 with interquartile range of 2.67–4.0. Of the participants 54.8% had scored above the median of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine score. 54% variance in intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was explained by the independent variables. Being affiliated with other category of religion, bachelor degree educational status, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, perceived barrier, and cues to action were significantly associated with the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSION: The median score of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was 3.33. Socio-demographic and health beliefs influenced the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the study participant. Policy makers and stakeholders should focus on strong health promotion about risks of the pandemic, benefit, safety, and efficacy of vaccination. |
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spelling | pubmed-82248412021-07-19 Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia Handebo, Simegnew Wolde, Maereg Shitu, Kegnie Kassie, Ayenew PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Scientists across the world are working on innovating a successful vaccine that will save lives and end COVID-19 pandemic. World Health Organization (WHO) is working to make sure COVID-19 vaccines can be safely delivered to all those who need them. Indeed, the successful deployment and a sufficient uptake of vaccines is equally important. Acceptance and accessibility of such vaccine is a key indicator of vaccination coverage. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the determinants of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City. METHODS: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from December, 2020 to January, 2021. A total of 301 school teachers selected using stratified simple random sampling were included. Descriptive analysis such as medians, means, proportions, standard deviations and frequencies were computed. Linear regression analysis was done to identify factors associated with intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. A p-value of less than 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. RESULTS: The median intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was 3.33 with interquartile range of 2.67–4.0. Of the participants 54.8% had scored above the median of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine score. 54% variance in intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was explained by the independent variables. Being affiliated with other category of religion, bachelor degree educational status, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, perceived barrier, and cues to action were significantly associated with the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSION: The median score of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine was 3.33. Socio-demographic and health beliefs influenced the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the study participant. Policy makers and stakeholders should focus on strong health promotion about risks of the pandemic, benefit, safety, and efficacy of vaccination. Public Library of Science 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8224841/ /pubmed/34166399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253499 Text en © 2021 Handebo 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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Handebo, Simegnew Wolde, Maereg Shitu, Kegnie Kassie, Ayenew Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title | Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_full | Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_short | Determinant of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_sort | determinant of intention to receive covid-19 vaccine among school teachers in gondar city, northwest ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34166399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253499 |
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