Idowu Ajibola, Olowwokere Anu Samuel, Israel Kikelomo Oluseyi, Akinwumi Adebowale Femi
Department of Community Medicine, Bowen University, Iwo Nigeria.
Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Rwanda J Med Health Sci. 2022 Jun 8;5(2):127-140. doi: 10.4314/rjmhs.v5i2.2. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Covid-19 has unquantifiable negative impacts on the world's socio-economic parameters. The rapid discovery of vaccines to fight this pandemic is a monumental scientific breakthrough.
The study assessed willingness of adult Nigerians to accept Covid-19 vaccine and elucidated on factors influencing such decisions.
Cross-sectional design was employed among 400 respondents recruited using multi-stage random sampling technique in Ilorin, Kwara-State, Nigeria. Pretested interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out.
Mean age ±SD of respondents was 40.85±13.75 and 215 (53.7%) of them were males. Those who possessed good knowledge of Covid-19 were 321 (80.3%), but few respondents had misconceptions regarding its causation. Attitude to Covid-19 vaccination was positive in 360 (90%) of the respondents, 278 (69.5%) were willing to accept the vaccine. Respondents' Covid-19 knowledge and attitude to its vaccination were the main determinants of willingness to receive the vaccine.
The Nigerian government urgently needs to leverage on the positive attitude of the people to fully implement its covid-19 vaccination policies which can ensure effective coverage and equitable access to the revolutionary Covid-19 vaccines. Awareness campaign on practice of other preventive measures should be sustained to produce a synergistic control effort.
新冠疫情对全球社会经济参数产生了难以估量的负面影响。迅速研发出抗击这一流行病的疫苗是一项具有里程碑意义的科学突破。
本研究评估了尼日利亚成年人接种新冠疫苗的意愿，并阐明了影响此类决策的因素。
采用横断面设计，在尼日利亚夸拉州伊洛林市通过多阶段随机抽样技术招募了400名受访者。使用经过预测试的、由访谈员管理的半结构化问卷进行数据收集。同时进行了描述性统计和推断性统计。
受访者的平均年龄±标准差为40.85±13.75岁，其中215人（53.7%）为男性。对新冠疫情有充分了解的有321人（80.3%），但少数受访者对其病因存在误解。360名（90%）受访者对新冠疫苗接种的态度是积极的，278人（69.5%）愿意接种疫苗。受访者对新冠疫情的了解程度及其对疫苗接种的态度是愿意接种疫苗的主要决定因素。
尼日利亚政府迫切需要利用民众的积极态度，全面实施其新冠疫苗接种政策，以确保有效覆盖并公平获得革命性的新冠疫苗。应持续开展关于其他预防措施的宣传活动，以形成协同控制效果。
