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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey
Objectives: This cross-sectional survey explored COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among public healthcare facility workers in Kambia (Sierra Leone), Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Masaka (Uganda). Methods: Questionnaire-based interviews conducted between April–October 2021 explored participan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605113 |
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author | Whitworth, Hilary S. Kitonsa, Jonathan Kasonia, Kambale Tindanbil, Daniel Kafeero, Paddy Bangura, Joseph Nije, Yusupha Tetsa Teta, Darius Greenwood, Brian Kavunga-Membo, Hugo Leigh, Bailah Ruzagira, Eugene Gallagher, Katherine E. Watson-Jones, Deborah |
author_facet | Whitworth, Hilary S. Kitonsa, Jonathan Kasonia, Kambale Tindanbil, Daniel Kafeero, Paddy Bangura, Joseph Nije, Yusupha Tetsa Teta, Darius Greenwood, Brian Kavunga-Membo, Hugo Leigh, Bailah Ruzagira, Eugene Gallagher, Katherine E. Watson-Jones, Deborah |
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description | Objectives: This cross-sectional survey explored COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among public healthcare facility workers in Kambia (Sierra Leone), Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Masaka (Uganda). Methods: Questionnaire-based interviews conducted between April–October 2021 explored participants’ knowledge and perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines, as well as COVID-19 vaccine acceptability (defined as uptake of ≥1 dose or intent to get vaccinated). Results: Whilst most (n = 444; 81.8%) of the 543 participants had one or more concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, 487 (89.7%) nonetheless perceived that they were important for pandemic control. Most participants from Kambia or Masaka either were vaccinated (n = 137/355; 38.6%) or intended to get vaccinated (n = 211/355; 59.4%) against COVID-19. In Goma, all 188 participants were unvaccinated; only 81 (43.1%) participants intended to get vaccinated, and this was associated with positive perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines. In Goma, the most common reasons for not wanting a COVID-19 vaccine were concerns that the vaccines were new (n = 75/107; 70.1%) and fear of side effects (n = 74/107; 69.2%). Conclusion: Reported COVID-19 vaccine acceptability was high among healthcare facility workers in Kambia and Masaka. The lower vaccine acceptability in Goma may highlight the importance of social mobilisation and accurate, accessible information that addresses specific concerns. |
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spelling | pubmed-95373622022-10-08 COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey Whitworth, Hilary S. Kitonsa, Jonathan Kasonia, Kambale Tindanbil, Daniel Kafeero, Paddy Bangura, Joseph Nije, Yusupha Tetsa Teta, Darius Greenwood, Brian Kavunga-Membo, Hugo Leigh, Bailah Ruzagira, Eugene Gallagher, Katherine E. Watson-Jones, Deborah Int J Public Health Public Health Archive Objectives: This cross-sectional survey explored COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among public healthcare facility workers in Kambia (Sierra Leone), Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Masaka (Uganda). Methods: Questionnaire-based interviews conducted between April–October 2021 explored participants’ knowledge and perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines, as well as COVID-19 vaccine acceptability (defined as uptake of ≥1 dose or intent to get vaccinated). Results: Whilst most (n = 444; 81.8%) of the 543 participants had one or more concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, 487 (89.7%) nonetheless perceived that they were important for pandemic control. Most participants from Kambia or Masaka either were vaccinated (n = 137/355; 38.6%) or intended to get vaccinated (n = 211/355; 59.4%) against COVID-19. In Goma, all 188 participants were unvaccinated; only 81 (43.1%) participants intended to get vaccinated, and this was associated with positive perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines. In Goma, the most common reasons for not wanting a COVID-19 vaccine were concerns that the vaccines were new (n = 75/107; 70.1%) and fear of side effects (n = 74/107; 69.2%). Conclusion: Reported COVID-19 vaccine acceptability was high among healthcare facility workers in Kambia and Masaka. The lower vaccine acceptability in Goma may highlight the importance of social mobilisation and accurate, accessible information that addresses specific concerns. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9537362/ /pubmed/36213138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605113 Text en Copyright © 2022 Whitworth, Kitonsa, Kasonia, Tindanbil, Kafeero, Bangura, Nije, Tetsa Teta, Greenwood, Kavunga-Membo, Leigh, Ruzagira, Gallagher and Watson-Jones. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Archive Whitworth, Hilary S. Kitonsa, Jonathan Kasonia, Kambale Tindanbil, Daniel Kafeero, Paddy Bangura, Joseph Nije, Yusupha Tetsa Teta, Darius Greenwood, Brian Kavunga-Membo, Hugo Leigh, Bailah Ruzagira, Eugene Gallagher, Katherine E. Watson-Jones, Deborah COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_short | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_sort | covid-19 vaccine acceptability among healthcare facility workers in sierra leone, the democratic republic of congo and uganda: a multi-centre cross-sectional survey |
topic | Public Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605113 |
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