Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana
Because health care workers are a reliable source of health information, their acceptance or rejection of COVID-19 vaccines can influence the general population's uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, we sought to determine the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among health care workers...
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| description | Because health care workers are a reliable source of health information, their acceptance or rejection of COVID-19 vaccines can influence the general population's uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, we sought to determine the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among health care workers in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 234 health care workers through a self-administered online survey from 16 January to 15 February 2021. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using STATA version 15. The findings revealed that 39.3% (n = 92) of health care workers intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. Factors such as sex (AOR = 0.451; CI 95% 0.240–0.845; p=0.013), category of health care workers (AOR = 2.851; 95 CI%: 1.097–7.405; p=0.031), relative being diagnosed with COVID-19 (AOR = 0.369; CI 95% 0.145–0.941; p=0.037), and trust in the accuracy of the measures taken by the government in the fight against COVID-19 (AOR = 2.768; CI 95%: 1.365–5.616; p=0.005) proved to be significant predictors of the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Concerns about the safety of vaccines (n = 93, 65.5%) and the adverse side effects of the vaccines (n = 23, 14.8%) were identified as the main reasons why health care workers would decline uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana. The self-reported low intention of health care workers in Ghana to accept COVID-19 vaccines necessitates an urgent call from the Government of Ghana and other stakeholders to address health care workers' concerns about the safety and adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, as this would increase vaccine uptake. Interventions must also take into consideration sex and the category of health care workers to achieve the desired results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79795ada69544bb7bc7142064e6d2cfb2025-02-03T06:05:45ZengWileyAdvances in Public Health2356-68682314-77842021-01-01202110.1155/2021/99981769998176Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in GhanaMartin Wiredu Agyekum0Grace Frempong Afrifa-Anane1Frank Kyei-Arthur2Bright Addo3Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Environment and Public Health, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Eastern Region, GhanaDepartment of Environment and Public Health, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Eastern Region, GhanaDepartment of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaBecause health care workers are a reliable source of health information, their acceptance or rejection of COVID-19 vaccines can influence the general population's uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, we sought to determine the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among health care workers in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 234 health care workers through a self-administered online survey from 16 January to 15 February 2021. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using STATA version 15. The findings revealed that 39.3% (n = 92) of health care workers intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. Factors such as sex (AOR = 0.451; CI 95% 0.240–0.845; p=0.013), category of health care workers (AOR = 2.851; 95 CI%: 1.097–7.405; p=0.031), relative being diagnosed with COVID-19 (AOR = 0.369; CI 95% 0.145–0.941; p=0.037), and trust in the accuracy of the measures taken by the government in the fight against COVID-19 (AOR = 2.768; CI 95%: 1.365–5.616; p=0.005) proved to be significant predictors of the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Concerns about the safety of vaccines (n = 93, 65.5%) and the adverse side effects of the vaccines (n = 23, 14.8%) were identified as the main reasons why health care workers would decline uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana. The self-reported low intention of health care workers in Ghana to accept COVID-19 vaccines necessitates an urgent call from the Government of Ghana and other stakeholders to address health care workers' concerns about the safety and adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, as this would increase vaccine uptake. Interventions must also take into consideration sex and the category of health care workers to achieve the desired results.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9998176 |
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| title | Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana |
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| title_short | Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9998176 |
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