Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria
Objective: Major efforts are being made to curtail the spread and adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. Ever since vaccines have become available, there has been a global effort to attain herd immunity of at least 75% through the administration of vaccines. There is a dire ne...
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Objective: Major efforts are being made to curtail the spread and adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. Ever since vaccines have become available, there has been a global effort to attain herd immunity of at least 75% through the administration of vaccines. There is a dire need to assess the knowledge as well as the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among residents of Jos South Local Government. This study aims to assess the knowledge and acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos South Local Government.
Methodology: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study, 318 respondents were selected using a multistage sampling technique, with a 98.7% response rate. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25. Frequency tables were drawn from univariate analysis and Chi-square was used to test for association between two categorical variables. The level of significance is set at P<0.05.
Result: This study revealed that 50.6% of respondents have good knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 70.8% have good acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine, 66.0% were already vaccinated, a significant association was found between age and COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among respondents at (ꭓ2=9.495, p=0.045).
Conclusion: The level of acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine was moderately high among the participants, more than two-thirds of the respondents had good knowledge and acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Therefore, the need for more health-related education among the general populace to alleviate any fears associated with the vaccine is urgently required.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2b68f395fff44cf99df20878c2bd11c22025-01-05T18:31:39ZengBabcock Medical SocietyBabcock University Medical Journal2465-66662756-46572024-12-017210.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v7i2.382Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in NigeriaOluwatosin Ruth Ilori0Jeji F Danjuma1Roseline Olabisi Ige2Dept of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintoka University of Technology OgbomosoPostgraduate School, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Objective: Major efforts are being made to curtail the spread and adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. Ever since vaccines have become available, there has been a global effort to attain herd immunity of at least 75% through the administration of vaccines. There is a dire need to assess the knowledge as well as the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among residents of Jos South Local Government. This study aims to assess the knowledge and acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos South Local Government. Methodology: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study, 318 respondents were selected using a multistage sampling technique, with a 98.7% response rate. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25. Frequency tables were drawn from univariate analysis and Chi-square was used to test for association between two categorical variables. The level of significance is set at P<0.05. Result: This study revealed that 50.6% of respondents have good knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 70.8% have good acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine, 66.0% were already vaccinated, a significant association was found between age and COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among respondents at (ꭓ2=9.495, p=0.045). Conclusion: The level of acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine was moderately high among the participants, more than two-thirds of the respondents had good knowledge and acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Therefore, the need for more health-related education among the general populace to alleviate any fears associated with the vaccine is urgently required. http://bumj.babcock.edu.ng/index.php/bumj/article/view/382PerceptionAcceptabilityCOVID-19Vaccine |
| spellingShingle | Oluwatosin Ruth Ilori Jeji F Danjuma Roseline Olabisi Ige Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria Babcock University Medical Journal Perception Acceptability COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title | Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria |
| title_full | Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria |
| title_short | Knowledge and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Jos-south Local Government Area in Nigeria |
| title_sort | knowledge and acceptability of covid 19 vaccine among residents of jos south local government area in nigeria |
| topic | Perception Acceptability COVID-19 Vaccine |
| url | http://bumj.babcock.edu.ng/index.php/bumj/article/view/382 |
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