COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge, Attitude, and Acceptance among Students in Selected Universities in Nigeria

Adetayo, Adebowale Jeremy; Sanni, Basheer Abiodun; Aborisade, Mariam Oyinda

doi:10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001

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“…This implies that there is adequate awareness of Covid-19 vaccine among the students. Adetayo et al, (2021) conclude that knowledge of Covid-19 vaccines is positively associated with intent to receive the jab. Similarly, Betsch et al, (2019) suggest that new approaches should be employed to curtail practical barriers as a measure to improve vaccine uptake.…”

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Social Media Use: Awareness of Covid-19 Vaccine and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Kano State, Nigeria

Usman

Msughter

Ridwanullah

2023

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Background: The outbreak of Covid-19 of 2019 and its escalation to a global pandemic posed threat to public health worldwide. Although availability and acceptance of Covid-19 vaccination is a crucial step to cushioning the pandemic, hesitancy tends to hamper the success of the vaccination. Whereas social media platforms are potential tools for information dissemination, particularly to the millennial generation, governments scarcely exploit the sites to create awareness of Covid-19 vaccine, hence, the room for the spread of unverified information that can affect their public health decisions. This study, therefore, examines the relationships between social media use, awareness of Covid-19 vaccine, and hesitancy or acceptance among undergraduate Universities in Kano. Three Universities were selected (Bayero University Kano, Northwest Universities, and Skyline University Nigeria). Method: A cross-sectional online survey was adopted, a structured questionnaire was created on google forms and the link generated thereof was distributed to the undergraduates via Whatsapp and Facebook platforms. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted using SPSS and the results were presented in text, figures, and tables. Results: The study shows a strong significant correlation between social use and awareness of Covid-19 vaccine at a P = 0.001 level. However, it shows no significant correlation between awareness of Covid-19 vaccine and acceptance of the vaccination at a P = 0.006. The result also shows a statistical relationship between vaccine hesitancy and fear of infertility, no relationship was established between vaccine hesitancy and religious belief, mistrust of the vaccine source, and vaccine safety concerns. Those spending much time on social media receive Covid-19 vaccine the most. Similarly, those relying on social media as their major source of information about Covid-19 have more tendencies of accepting the vaccine. Conclusions: A crosstabulation hour spent on social media and receiving Covid-19 vaccine indicates that those spending 5 and above hours on social media are the highest receivers of Covid-19 jab. Thus, spending many hours on social media is inversely proportional to receiving the vaccine.

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Social Media Use: Awareness of Covid-19 Vaccine and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Kano State, Nigeria

Usman

Msughter

Ridwanullah

2023

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“…[22] Similarly, Paul et al [16] realized that 44.7% of their participants expressed some feelings that natural immunity might be better than a vaccine. Adetayo et al [26] also noted that 39.9% strongly agreed and 44.5% agreed that natural immunity should be preferred to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.…”

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Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among medical radiation workers in Nigeria

Inah

Efanga

Ukpong

et al. 2022

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Objectives: Coronavirus disease, also known as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is a deadly infection that has contributed to global morbidity and mortality in recent years. Different brands of COVID-19 vaccines have been manufactured toward containing the pandemic. Unfortunately, poor uptake of these vaccines in developing countries has contributed to suboptimal containment of the pandemic. There is a need for a better understanding of the level of willingness, as a key determinant of vaccine uptake, especially among populations at higher risk of exposure to the virus. The main objective of this research is to assess the willingness of medical radiation workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Material and Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, and observational study that utilized a non-probability snowball sampling technique. The study was done within 1 month and 50 responses from medical radiation workers within Nigeria were obtained. A structured and validated questionnaire was administered online using Google Forms for data collection. Data analysis was conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21.0. Results: Only 45.45% of the medical radiation workers were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The factors that were associated with the willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine included older age (P = 0.016) and longer duration of service (P = 0.021), where it was observed that medical radiation workers who were 50 years and above and had offered >10 years in service were more willing to receive the vaccine. Conclusion: The willingness of medical radiation workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccines was poor for health workers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to redouble educational and other interventional efforts, aimed at improving vaccine uptake, perhaps with much focus on younger radiation medical workers.

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“…This could be associated with a greater trust in the vaccine because of the local production of vaccines in those countries. Another plausible reason for the low percentage of positive attitudes towards the vaccine among the studied participants could be linked to the fear of side effects [24]. Fear of vaccine side-effects may therefore be an important predictor of vaccine uptake.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…We determined COVID-19 vaccination attitude and the predictors among people living with chronic medical conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria. In Nigeria, researchers have assessed COVID-19 vaccine attitude among students [24], acceptance among the general populace [23,[28][29][30], hesitance among university community [31], perception and willingness to pay among community members [32] or willingness to uptake among health workers [33]. However, none has reported the vaccination attitude among people living with chronic conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The attitude towards vaccination and its associated factors may differ considerably in Nigeria. While most studies have focused on the general population [9,11,12,23] others have examined the phenomenon among specific populations including nurses [1] and students [24]. But there is a need to ascertain the attitude of people living with chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease towards vaccination since they are among the COVID-19 infection susceptible population for the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccine Attitude and Its Predictors Among People Living With Chronic Health Conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ojewale

Afolabi²,

Ogunniyi

2022

Int J Public Health

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Objective: To assess vaccination attitude and its associated factors among people with chronic health conditions.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were 423 patients with chronic medical conditions. Data were collected on socio-demographic and COVID-19-related characteristics, via Open Data Kit software. A Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale was adopted. The main outcome was vaccine attitude status defined as positive if a VAX sum score was above the median value; otherwise, non-positive. Data were analysed using Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression analyses, at 5% level of significance.Results: Overall proportion of patients with a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination uptake was 46.6%. The most influential factor towards positive attitude was rating the government high in handling the pandemic. Other factors were education, income, COVID-19 knowledge and living room arrangement (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Less than half of people living with a chronic medical condition had a positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine. The attitudes are strongly mediated by confidence in the government. The government could promote a positive vaccine attitude by improving the clarity of health instructions that shows government transparency and effective communication. These are critical tools for maintaining public trust and confidence.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge, Attitude, and Acceptance among Students in Selected Universities in Nigeria

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

Social Media Use: Awareness of Covid-19 Vaccine and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Kano State, Nigeria

Social Media Use: Awareness of Covid-19 Vaccine and Acceptance among Undergraduate Students in Kano State, Nigeria

Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among medical radiation workers in Nigeria

COVID-19 Vaccine Attitude and Its Predictors Among People Living With Chronic Health Conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria

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