PERCEPTION AND WILLINGNESS TO THE UPTAKE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AMONG HOUSEHOLD-HEADS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
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2023-03-29
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Afr., J. Infect. Dis.
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.