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Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 162 - 167

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

Authors
Adebowale Jeremy Adetayo1, *, Basheer Abiodun Sanni2, Mariam Oyinda Aborisade3
1Department of Library and Information Science, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
2Reference Department, National Library of Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun State branch, Nigeria
3Department of Library and Information Science, Osun State College of Technology Esa-Oke, P.M.B. 1011, Ijebu-jesa, Osun State, Nigeria
*Corresponding author. Email: adebowale.adetayo@adelekeuniversity.edu.ng
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Adebowale Jeremy Adetayo
Received 7 June 2021, Accepted 9 October 2021, Available Online 21 October 2021.
DOI
10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
COVID-19; vaccination; vaccine knowledge; vaccine attitude; vaccine acceptance
Abstract

This study sought to examine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and acceptance of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine among students in selected universities in Nigeria. An anonymous survey was conducted online among Nigeria students. The questionnaire collected demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and acceptance of vaccines among respondents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistic. Of the 521 participants surveyed, 74 (14.2) stated that they have already received COVID-19 vaccination, whereas 286 (54.9%) intend to be vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available. Negative attitude toward COVID-19 vaccination has an inverse, very weak, and significant relationship with intent to vaccinate (r = −0.125, N = 521, p < 0.01). However, knowledge of COVID-19 vaccines was significantly related with intent to vaccinate (r = 0.130, N = 521, p < 0.01). The study concluded that knowledge and attitude of students toward vaccines are highly essential for their acceptance. Results suggest that vaccine acceptability may be increased if students’ knowledge of vaccines is increased, and attitudes toward vaccination are improved by addressing the respondents’ worries about vaccines’ unforeseen effects, and changing their general mistrust of the benefits of vaccines.

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Journal
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal
Volume-Issue
3 - 4
Pages
162 - 167
Publication Date
2021/10/21
ISSN (Online)
2590-3349
ISSN (Print)
2666-819X
DOI
10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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