Bolstering the willingness to uptake covid-19 vaccination through multidisciplinary health communication intervention: a cue for reaching herd immunity in Nigeria.

Ndidi C Ibenyenwa, Ogechi K Onyekwere, Ndubuisi F Ugwu, Adijat B Adams, Philip I Ajewole, Veronica I Makinde, Blessing N Onyekachi, Anselm U Anibueze, J K Opele, Onyemaechi F Nwogu
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Abstract

Background: The prevailing unwillingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination among the eligible population has been a serious setback in Nigeria's bid to reach herd immunity against the pandemic.

Objective: We assessed the impact of a multidisciplinary health communication intervention (MHCI) on willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination among eligible unvaccinated community dwellers (EUCD) in Nsukka Urban, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Methods: Through a quasi-experiment that adopted a pre-test, post-test, non-control group design, we studied a total of 85 eligible unvaccinated adults. A researcher-designed "Willingness to Accept COVID-19 Vaccination Questionnaire" was the instrument used for data collection. The data gathered was analysed by means of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. Specifically, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to test the formulated research questions and the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.

Results: We found that the mean scores of willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination increased significantly after the treatment. There was no significant interaction effect of gender, level of education, and age on the mean of willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination scores of EUCD after MHCI.

Conclusion: The study established that MHCI is impactful in bolstering the willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination. The Nigerian government should adopt and implement this intervention in schools, communities, and other institutions in order to attain herd immunity in Nigeria.

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通过多学科健康传播干预增强接种 covid-19 疫苗的意愿:在尼日利亚实现群体免疫的线索。
背景:符合条件的人群普遍不愿意接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种,这严重阻碍了尼日利亚实现群体免疫以抵御大流行病的努力:我们评估了多学科健康传播干预(MHCI)对尼日利亚埃努古州恩苏卡市符合条件但未接种疫苗的社区居民(EUCD)接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种意愿的影响:通过采用前测、后测、非对照组设计的准实验,我们共对 85 名符合条件的未接种疫苗的成年人进行了研究。数据收集工具为研究人员设计的 "接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种意愿问卷"。收集到的数据采用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)23.0 版进行分析。具体而言,在 0.05 的显著性水平下,使用描述性和推论性统计来检验提出的研究问题和假设:结果:我们发现,接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种意愿的平均得分在治疗后显著增加。性别、受教育程度和年龄对 MHCI 后 EUCD 接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种意愿的平均得分没有明显的交互影响:研究证实,MHCI 对增强接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种的意愿有很大影响。尼日利亚政府应在学校、社区和其他机构采用并实施这一干预措施,以实现尼日利亚的群体免疫。
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