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Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Universities are places where students live and study in close contact to each other. Nowadays, the foundations of this particular group have been affected significantly by the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded the emergency...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8351076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100848 |
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author | Taye, Birhan Tsegaw Amogne, Fetene Kasahun Demisse, Tesfanesh Lemma Zerihun, Mulualem Silesh Kitaw, Tebabere Moltot Tiguh, Agumas Eskezia Mihret, Muhabaw Shumye Kebede, Azmeraw Ambachew |
author_facet | Taye, Birhan Tsegaw Amogne, Fetene Kasahun Demisse, Tesfanesh Lemma Zerihun, Mulualem Silesh Kitaw, Tebabere Moltot Tiguh, Agumas Eskezia Mihret, Muhabaw Shumye Kebede, Azmeraw Ambachew |
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description | BACKGROUND: Universities are places where students live and study in close contact to each other. Nowadays, the foundations of this particular group have been affected significantly by the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines. However, there is still limited evidence in COVID-19 vaccine acceptability and perceived barriers among some subgroups, including university students. This study aimed to assess vaccine acceptance, associated factors, and perceived barriers among university students, Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2021 at Debre Berhan University among 423 students. The participants were selected using simple random sampling technique. A semi-structured, pretested, and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Multivariable logistic-regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with vaccine acceptance. An adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and its p-value of ≤0.05 was used to declare significant association. RESULTS: The proportion of the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 69.3% (95% CI: 65, 74). Being knowledgeable (AOR: 2.43, CI: 1.57, 3.77), being a health science student (AOR: 2.25, CI: 1.43, 3.54), and being in a family practicing COVID-19 prevention (AOR: 1.73, CI: 1.06, 2.81) were found to be factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. CONCLUSION: Though, this study found a 69.3% acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine, there were noticeable perceived barriers and related factors in vaccine acceptance hesitancy. Thus, health education and communication regarding the vaccine are very crucial to alleviate the identified barriers. |
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spelling | pubmed-83510762021-08-09 Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study Taye, Birhan Tsegaw Amogne, Fetene Kasahun Demisse, Tesfanesh Lemma Zerihun, Mulualem Silesh Kitaw, Tebabere Moltot Tiguh, Agumas Eskezia Mihret, Muhabaw Shumye Kebede, Azmeraw Ambachew Clin Epidemiol Glob Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Universities are places where students live and study in close contact to each other. Nowadays, the foundations of this particular group have been affected significantly by the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines. However, there is still limited evidence in COVID-19 vaccine acceptability and perceived barriers among some subgroups, including university students. This study aimed to assess vaccine acceptance, associated factors, and perceived barriers among university students, Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2021 at Debre Berhan University among 423 students. The participants were selected using simple random sampling technique. A semi-structured, pretested, and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Multivariable logistic-regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with vaccine acceptance. An adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and its p-value of ≤0.05 was used to declare significant association. RESULTS: The proportion of the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 69.3% (95% CI: 65, 74). Being knowledgeable (AOR: 2.43, CI: 1.57, 3.77), being a health science student (AOR: 2.25, CI: 1.43, 3.54), and being in a family practicing COVID-19 prevention (AOR: 1.73, CI: 1.06, 2.81) were found to be factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. CONCLUSION: Though, this study found a 69.3% acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine, there were noticeable perceived barriers and related factors in vaccine acceptance hesitancy. Thus, health education and communication regarding the vaccine are very crucial to alleviate the identified barriers. The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of INDIACLEN. 2021 2021-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8351076/ /pubmed/34395948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100848 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of INDIACLEN. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Taye, Birhan Tsegaw Amogne, Fetene Kasahun Demisse, Tesfanesh Lemma Zerihun, Mulualem Silesh Kitaw, Tebabere Moltot Tiguh, Agumas Eskezia Mihret, Muhabaw Shumye Kebede, Azmeraw Ambachew Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title | Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine acceptance and perceived barriers among university students in northeast ethiopia: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8351076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100848 |
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