COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices and Vaccine Acceptability in Rural Western Kenya and an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Autor: Nasimiyu, Carolyne, Audi, Allan, Oduor, Clifford, Ombok, Cynthia, Oketch, Dismas, Aol, George, Ouma, Alice, Osoro, Eric, Ngere, Isaac, Njoroge, Ruth, Munyua, Peninah, Lo, Terrence, Herman-Roloff, Amy, Bigogo, Godfrey, Munywoki, Patrick K.
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Zdroj: COVID; Oct2022, Vol. 2 Issue 10, p1491-1508, 18p
Abstrakt: An important step towards COVID-19 pandemic control is adequate knowledge and adherence to mitigation measures, including vaccination. We assessed the level of COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among residents from an urban informal settlement in the City of Nairobi (Kibera), and a rural community in western Kenya (Asembo). A cross-sectional survey was implemented from April to May 2021 among randomly selected adult residents from a population-based infectious diseases surveillance (PBIDS) cohort in Nairobi and Siaya Counties. KAP questions were adopted from previous studies. Factors associated with the level of COVID-19 KAP, were assessed using multivariable regression methods. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 83.6% for the participants from Asembo and 59.8% in Kibera. The reasons cited for vaccine hesitancy in Kibera were safety concerns (34%), insufficient information available to decide (18%), and a lack of belief in the vaccine (21%), while the reasons in Asembo were safety concerns (55%), insufficient information to decide (26%) and lack of belief in the vaccine (11%). Our study findings suggest the need for continued public education to enhance COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices to ensure adherence to mitigation measures. Urban informal settlements require targeted messaging to improve vaccine awareness, acceptability, and uptake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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