학술논문

Peoples’ attitude toward COVID-19 vaccine, acceptance, and social trust among African and Middle East countries
Document Type
article
Source
Health Promotion Perspectives, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 171-178 (2021)
Subject
covid-19
sars-cov-2
surveys and questionnaires
vaccination
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
TX341-641
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Language
English
ISSN
2228-6497
Abstract
Background: To end the COVID-19 pandemic, a large part of the world must be immune to the virus by vaccination. Therefore, this study aimed to gauge intent to be vaccinated against COVID-19 among ordinary people and to identify attitudes towards vaccines and barriers for vaccine acceptance. Methods: The study population comprises 1880 people residing in different countries that answer a prepared questionnaire. The questionnaire topics are demographics, historical issues, participants’ attitudes and beliefs regarding vaccines, concerns, and vaccine hesitancy. Results: Attitudes and beliefs relating to vaccines in general, and the COVID-19 vaccine, were ascertained. Overall, 66.81% of the contributors would like to be vaccinated against COVID-19, while %33.19 did not intend to be vaccinated. Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy included concern regarding vaccine side effects, fear of getting sick from the uptake of the vaccine, and the absence of accurate vaccine promotion news. Individuals with higher education believe that India (68.6%) produces the best vaccine (P