Sato Ryoko
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Health Decision Science, Department of Global Health and Population, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02120, USA.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jun 23;10(7):1008. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071008.
COVID-19 has been impacting our lives globally, including in Nigeria. While the COVID-19 vaccine is available free of charge, vaccination coverage remains low. This study evaluates the relationship between trust in government and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
We used an Afrobarometer survey for data on trust in government and the COVID-19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (NLPS) for data on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, merged by strata (states and urban/rural). The simple correlation was evaluated using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression.
Distrust in government was strongly associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy as well as with perceptions that the vaccine was not safe, and concerns about side effects were given as reasons for vaccine refusal.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Distrust of government is an important predictor of vaccine hesitancy in Nigeria. This result is consistent with findings in the literature, especially in developed countries. Vaccine refusers, who distrust the government, refuse vaccines because they think that vaccines do them harm. Policy makers should be cautious when it comes to strategizing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, especially in places where trust in government is weak.
新冠疫情在全球范围内影响着我们的生活，尼日利亚也不例外。尽管新冠疫苗免费提供，但疫苗接种覆盖率仍然很低。本研究评估了对政府的信任与新冠疫苗犹豫之间的关系。
我们使用了非洲晴雨表调查获取关于对政府信任的数据，并使用新冠疫情国家纵向电话调查（NLPS）获取关于新冠疫苗犹豫的数据，按分层（州以及城市/农村）进行合并。使用普通最小二乘法（OLS）回归评估简单相关性。
对政府的不信任与新冠疫苗犹豫以及认为疫苗不安全密切相关，且担心副作用是拒绝接种疫苗的原因。
讨论/结论：对政府的不信任是尼日利亚疫苗犹豫的一个重要预测因素。这一结果与文献中的发现一致，尤其是在发达国家。不信任政府的疫苗拒绝者拒绝接种疫苗是因为他们认为疫苗会对他们造成伤害。政策制定者在制定新冠疫苗分发策略时应谨慎，尤其是在对政府信任度较低的地区。
