Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among high-risk urban populations in Southern Thailand using the COM-B model.

Autor: Suwanbamrung C; Excellent Center for Dengue and Community Public Health (EC for DACH), Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.; Public Health Research Program, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand., Srinam B; Public Health Research Program, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand., Promkool P; Public Health Research Program, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand., Suwannakarn W; Public Health Research Program, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand., Siripanich S; Excellent Center for Dengue and Community Public Health (EC for DACH), Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.; Public Health Research Program, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand., Rahman MS; Department of Statistics, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh., Stanikzai MH; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Mar 14; Vol. 19 (3), pp. e0300509. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300509
Abstrakt: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed unprecedented suffering on social and individual levels worldwide. Vaccines against COVID-19 have been prioritized as a crucial strategy for ending the pandemic as well as minimizing its consequences.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among high-risk urban populations in Southern Thailand using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behavior (COM-B) model.
Methods: We conducted a web-based cross-sectional study in the Hat Yai district, Songkhla province in Southern Thailand, in September and October 2021. The questionnaire was composed of sections on sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 vaccination status, and COM-B constructs. We employed a multivariable logistic regression analysis to determine factors associated with the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. We set statistical significance at p < 0.05.
Results: In this study, females constituted 54.7% of the total participants (n = 358), and nearly half of the participants (45.8%) were in the younger age group (18-29). Of all the participants, 59.5% (95%CI: 54.2%-64.6%) received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Factors associated with the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine and their adjusted OR (95% CI) were being married: 3.59 (2.06-6.24), having a graduate degree: 2.34 (1.38-3.96), gainfully employed: 3.30 (1.91-5.67), having a high level of opportunity: 2.90 (1.48-5.66), and having a high level of motivation: 2.87 (1.17-17.08).
Conclusion: The uptake of COVID-19 vaccines was moderate in this population. Moreover, the results showed that the COM-B model is useful in predicting COVID-19 vaccine uptake. The findings of this study could be used to aid future public health interventions in any event of outbreaks similar to COVID-19 disease in Thailand and beyond.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Suwanbamrung et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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