| Autor: |
Seydou Doumbia, Kadari Cisse, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Dewi Ismajani Puradiredja, Jürgen May, Ralf Krumkamp, Daniela Fusco, Sylvain Landry B. Faye, Moctar Tounkara, Ricardo Strauss, Tani Sagna, Alpha Mahmoud Barry, Abdul Karim Mbawah, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Souleymane Diouf, Mohamed Harding, Paule Donven |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059138 |
| Popis: |
Objectives This study aims: (1) to identify and describe similarities and differences in both adult and child COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and (2) to examine sociodemographic, perception-related and behavioural factors influencing vaccine hesitancy across five West African countries.Design Cross-sectional survey carried out between 5 May and 5 June 2021.Participants and setting 4198 individuals from urban and rural settings in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone participated in the survey.Study registration The general protocol is registered on clinicaltrial.gov.Results Findings show that in West Africa at the time only 53% of all study participants reported to be aware of COVID-19 vaccines, and television (60%, n=1345), radio (56%; n=1258), social media (34%; n=764) and family/friends/neighbours (28%; n=634) being the most important sources of information about COVID-19 vaccines. Adult COVID-19 vaccine acceptance ranges from 60% in Guinea and 50% in Sierra Leone to 11% in Senegal. This is largely congruent with acceptance levels of COVID-19 vaccinations for children. Multivariable regression analysis shows that perceived effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines increased the willingness to get vaccinated. However, sociodemographic factors, such as sex, rural/urban residence, educational attainment and household composition (living with children and/or elderly), and the other perception parameters were not associated with the willingness to get vaccinated in the multivariable regression model.Conclusions Primary sources of information about COVID-19 vaccines include television, radio and social media. Communication strategies addressed at the adult population using mass and social media, which emphasise COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and safety, could encourage greater acceptance also of COVID-19 child vaccinations in sub-Saharan countries.Trial registration number NCT04912284. |
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