PERCEPTION AND WILLINGNESS TO THE UPTAKE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG HOUSEHOLD-HEADS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

Authors

  • Kayode Rasaq ADEWOYE Department of Community Medicine, Afe- Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Oluwasogo A OLALUBI Department of Public Health, Kwara State University, Molete, Kwara State, Nigeria
  • Shuaib Kayode AREMU Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Taiye Adeyanju ALAO Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • David Sylvanus EKPO Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Tope IPINNIMO Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti
  • Makinde Adebayo ADENIYI Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
  • Azeez Oyemomi IBRAHIM Department of Family Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Taofeek Adedayo SANNI Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Chijioke Cosmas ACHEBE Department of Radiology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Adewumi BAKARE Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Tesleem Olayinka OREWOLE Department of Anaesthesia, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti / Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Opeyemi Oladipupo ABIOYE Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21010/Ajid%20v17i2.1

Keywords:

Perception, Willingness, Uptake, COVID-19 vaccine, Household heads, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its vaccine have been met with varying perceptions that may have both negative and positive effects on the willingness to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine. The study is set to determine the perception and willingness of the household heads to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in a rural community in Southwestern, Nigeria.

Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 409 household heads selected through a multistage sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was a semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire using the Health Belief model constructs. Data were analyzed with IBM SPSS version 21.0 and Pearson's Chi-square test was used to determine the association between perception and willingness to uptake vaccine. P<0.05 was taken as significant at 95% confidence interval.

Results: The majority of the unvaccinated respondents in the study were not willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine (60.1%). There was a poor perception of the susceptibility/severity of unvaccinated respondents to COVID-19 infection and a poor perception of the benefit/barrier to the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Perception of susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 infection were statistically related to the willingness to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine.

Conclusion: There should be an increase in awareness campaigns to change the perception of people positively to COVID-19 infection and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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2023-03-29

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ADEWOYE, K. R., OLALUBI, O. A., AREMU, S. K., ALAO, T. A., EKPO, D. S., IPINNIMO, T., ADENIYI, M. A., IBRAHIM, A. O., SANNI, T. A., ACHEBE, C. C., BAKARE, A., OREWOLE, T. O., & ABIOYE, O. O. (2023). PERCEPTION AND WILLINGNESS TO THE UPTAKE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG HOUSEHOLD-HEADS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA. African Journal of Infectious Diseases (AJID), 17(2), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.21010/Ajid v17i2.1

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2023)

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