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COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination experiences and perceptions among health workers during the pandemic in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: An analytical cross-sectional study.

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العنوان: COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination experiences and perceptions among health workers during the pandemic in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: An analytical cross-sectional study.
المؤلفون: Ugwu I Omale, Cordis O Ikegwuonu, Glory E Nkwo, Ugochi I A Nwali, Olaedo O Nnachi, Okechukwu O Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M Okeke, Richard L Ewah, Osarhiemen Iyare, Chidinma I Amuzie, Onyinyechukwu U Oka, Victor U Uduma, Azuka S Adeke
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 5, p e0303172 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: BackgroundCOVID-19 continues to be a disease of global public health importance and requires long-term management and control. Health workers' (previous) experiences and perceptions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccination/vaccination process will influence not only their subsequent use of control measures but also public experiences/perceptions. We explored the COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination and the vaccination process experiences and perceptions, and their predictors, among the health workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria.MethodsWe conducted an online-offline analytical cross-sectional survey between March 12 and May 9, 2022 among all categories of health workers (clinical/non-clinical, public/private) working/living in Ebonyi state who consented to participate and were selected by convenience/snowballing techniques. A structured electronic questionnaire was used to collect data: self-administered via WhatsApp and interviewer-administered via KoBoCollect for participants who did not have WhatsApp. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and bivariate/multivariate generalized linear models.ResultsOf the 1276 health workers surveyed: 55.8% had strong COVID-19 experience and perception, 80.7% had good COVID-19 vaccination expectation and perception, and 87.7% had positive COVID-19 vaccination process experience and perception. The most important predictors of the extent and level of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination and the vaccination process experiences and perceptions were level of place of work (primary-secondary/tertiary), level of attitude towards COVID-19 (vaccination), and level of knowledge about COVID-19. Another important predictor was place of work (public/private).ConclusionsThe evidence indicate the factors that should guide subsequent policy actions in the strategies to enhance the COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination and the vaccination process experiences and perceptions of health workers (and their use of control measures) in Ebonyi state, Nigeria, and other similar contexts. It also indicate factors to be considered by future policy actions regarding similar diseases.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0303172&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303172&type=printable
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303172
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/bbf8e651e7724bc6b5b709ae39d6eb57
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.bbf8e651e7724bc6b5b709ae39d6eb57
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0303172&type=printable