COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge, Attitude, and Acceptance among Students in Selected Universities in Nigeria
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- 10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001How to use a DOI?
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- 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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- 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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TY - JOUR AU - Adebowale Jeremy Adetayo AU - Basheer Abiodun Sanni AU - Mariam Oyinda Aborisade PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/21 TI - COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge, Attitude, and Acceptance among Students in Selected Universities in Nigeria JO - Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal SP - 162 EP - 167 VL - 3 IS - 4 SN - 2590-3349 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001 DO - 10.2991/dsahmj.k.211014.001 ID - Adetayo2021 ER -