Pub Date : 2022-07-15DOI: 10.37745/ijeahii.15vo7n1pp3850
U. U. Afia, V. Obot, Nsidibe Ita Johnson,
This study examined knowledge, attitude and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among lecturers in universities in Akwa Ibom State. Descriptive survey design was used for this study. The design was aimed at collecting and analyzing data to describe the knowledge, attitude and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among lecturers in Akwa Ibom State. The population stood at 4,346 lecturers from University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom State University located in Akwa Ibom State. But 217 lecturers making 5% of the total population of lecturers was used as the sample size for this study. Convenience sampling technique was adopted in sampling the respondents across the four tertiary institutions. A 20-item instrument titled "Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination Questionnaire" reliability index was 0.72 was used for data collection. Frequency and percentage were used in analyzing the collected data. Findings of the study revealed that participants had good knowledge about COVID-19 and its vaccine, but had negative attitude towards vaccination and low acceptability of vaccination. It was concluded that the participants in the study had satisfactory knowledge regarding COVID-19 and its vaccine but their negative attitude and low level of acceptability of the vaccine seemed to be influenced by insufficient clinical trials and fear of its side effects. Recommendations were made that the provision of sufficient information about the vaccines for COVID-19 is important as this would help to eliminate fear and doubts that people have against vaccines; regular and effective education is needed to improve public COVID-19 vaccine acceptability and reduce its hesitancy and appropriate COVID-19 vaccination strategies are necessary for wider coverage of the population for vaccine uptake campaigns.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-15DOI: 10.37745/ijeahii.15vo7n1pp119
Serifat Omobolanle Aminu, N. Okafor, J. O. Maitanmi
Rather than being celebrated, the eventual discovery of systems of vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic was otherwise greeted with pessimism, causing attrition and low uptake of the vaccines in some cultures, especially in African countries. This study assessed factors (social, ethno-cultural, and religious) associated with uptake of COVID 19 vaccines among adults in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design to collect data from 384 adult residents living in Ifo Local Government who were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Relevant data was collected for the study with the use of a validated self-developed and well-structured questionnaire instrument consisting of 5 sections labelled (Sections A-E). Descriptive statistics like frequency counts, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research objectives while multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The result revealed that the levels of influence of social, ethno-cultural and religious factors on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among adults were moderate. Also, there was significant composite influence of social, ethno-cultural and religious factors on uptake of COVID -19 vaccine among adults (F3 383=36.586; p<.05). It was recommended among others that the entire Health Ministry and donor agencies should focus on social settings like family units, community associations, schools, social media, registered clubs and associations to spread right knowledge and awareness on the need for all to get vaccinated.
{"title":"Factors Associated with Uptake of Covid -19 Vaccination Among Adults in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State","authors":"Serifat Omobolanle Aminu, N. Okafor, J. O. Maitanmi","doi":"10.37745/ijeahii.15vo7n1pp119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37745/ijeahii.15vo7n1pp119","url":null,"abstract":"Rather than being celebrated, the eventual discovery of systems of vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic was otherwise greeted with pessimism, causing attrition and low uptake of the vaccines in some cultures, especially in African countries. This study assessed factors (social, ethno-cultural, and religious) associated with uptake of COVID 19 vaccines among adults in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design to collect data from 384 adult residents living in Ifo Local Government who were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Relevant data was collected for the study with the use of a validated self-developed and well-structured questionnaire instrument consisting of 5 sections labelled (Sections A-E). Descriptive statistics like frequency counts, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research objectives while multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The result revealed that the levels of influence of social, ethno-cultural and religious factors on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among adults were moderate. Also, there was significant composite influence of social, ethno-cultural and religious factors on uptake of COVID -19 vaccine among adults (F3 383=36.586; p<.05). It was recommended among others that the entire Health Ministry and donor agencies should focus on social settings like family units, community associations, schools, social media, registered clubs and associations to spread right knowledge and awareness on the need for all to get vaccinated.","PeriodicalId":277581,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Ebola, AIDS, HIV and Infectious Diseases and Immunity","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129096678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-15DOI: 10.37745/ijeahii.15vo7n1pp2037
K. Nwafor, Emmanuel Chukwudi Nweke, Zainab A. Oji,, I. Njoku
This study investigated the knowledge and practice of safety protocols among journalists serving as frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19 in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Structured questionnaire served as instrument for data collection. The population of the study was all the one hundred and fifty-seven (157) registered journalists in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study was anchored on the Stages of Change Model and Health Belief Model. Simple percentage, frequency table, bar chart, T-test and Pearson’s chi square tests were used to analyse the research questions whereas t-test and Pearson’s Chi square test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significance level. Findings show that whereas majority of the respondents had good knowledge of Coronavirus personal protective measures, they lack the technicalities and personal protective equipment required to serve as frontline health workers in a highly infectious pandemic situation such as Coronavirus. The study recommends special training for journalists who cover pandemics, particularly highly infectious ones of this nature to better equip them with the requisite skills for this genre of special assignment. Journalism training bodies and institutes could also consider the inclusion of pandemic reporting as part of specialised courses in journalism studies. Prioritsing vaccination of journalists who serve as frontline workers during pandemics is also strongly recommended.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-15DOI: 10.37745/ijeahii.15/vol7n2916
Mary Ayodeji Gbenga-Epebinu, Adebola Margaret Ayorinde, Oluwakemi Tinuke Olaitan, John T. Osagie
Frontline health care workers seem to be the most affected category of people during any pandemic. Therefore, the study assessed quality of life of frontline health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Lagos State. This study adopted descriptive phenomenology research design. An interview guide was used to determine quality of life of frontline healthcare workers. The sample consisted of 14 interviewees while qualitative data collected were subjected to thematic analysis. The result of findings revealed that frontline health workers experienced fatigue, discomfort, helplessness, fear and concern for COVID-19 patients, and traumatic experiences. Findings further revealed that there was too much workload at a time because of the increased COVID-19 patient compared to the available volunteers, fear of contracting the virus, the joy of seeing their patients getting well and reuniting back with their families. It was recommended among others that the welfare of health care workers should be put as priority in Lagos State and Nigeria in general as this may discourage brain drain causing limited number of frontline healthcare workers available during outbreak of infectious disease.
{"title":"Qualitative Analysis of Quality of Life of Frontline Health Care Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic in Lagos State","authors":"Mary Ayodeji Gbenga-Epebinu, Adebola Margaret Ayorinde, Oluwakemi Tinuke Olaitan, John T. Osagie","doi":"10.37745/ijeahii.15/vol7n2916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37745/ijeahii.15/vol7n2916","url":null,"abstract":"Frontline health care workers seem to be the most affected category of people during any pandemic. Therefore, the study assessed quality of life of frontline health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Lagos State. This study adopted descriptive phenomenology research design. An interview guide was used to determine quality of life of frontline healthcare workers. The sample consisted of 14 interviewees while qualitative data collected were subjected to thematic analysis. The result of findings revealed that frontline health workers experienced fatigue, discomfort, helplessness, fear and concern for COVID-19 patients, and traumatic experiences. Findings further revealed that there was too much workload at a time because of the increased COVID-19 patient compared to the available volunteers, fear of contracting the virus, the joy of seeing their patients getting well and reuniting back with their families. It was recommended among others that the welfare of health care workers should be put as priority in Lagos State and Nigeria in general as this may discourage brain drain causing limited number of frontline healthcare workers available during outbreak of infectious disease.","PeriodicalId":277581,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Ebola, AIDS, HIV and Infectious Diseases and Immunity","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122473375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background In Early August 2014, the World Health Organisation declared an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the region of West Africa. The West African EVD outbreak was the largest, most severe, and complex in the nearly four-decade history of this disease. The management of EVD cases in Liberia was similar to the other affected West African countries. Methods We reviewed the method and strategies used by some of the international humanitarian organisations in handling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. This report is a collection of personal field experiences in Liberia as well as personal interviews of healthcare personnel working for some of these international organisations working on the Ebola emergency in Liberia. Findings Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was the first humanitarian NGO to deploy medical staff to the field in Liberia during the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak. MSF staffs were already operating in Liberia even before the declaration of the outbreak in August 2014.Conclusions The slow response by the international humanitarian organisations to lend their support in bringing the EVD outbreak to and exhibited the fear the international community have for deadly infectious diseases more than armed conflicts.Recommendations We recommend regularly training in public health emergency preparedness for third world countries that are highly susceptible to health emergencies such as Ebola outbreak to help prepared them ahead of such outbreak.
{"title":"Roles and strategies of international humanitarian organisations in handling the Liberia Ebola outbreak","authors":"Jia Bainga Kangbai, Ahmed Alameldeen","doi":"10.21203/rs.2.17695/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.17695/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background In Early August 2014, the World Health Organisation declared an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the region of West Africa. The West African EVD outbreak was the largest, most severe, and complex in the nearly four-decade history of this disease. The management of EVD cases in Liberia was similar to the other affected West African countries. Methods We reviewed the method and strategies used by some of the international humanitarian organisations in handling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. This report is a collection of personal field experiences in Liberia as well as personal interviews of healthcare personnel working for some of these international organisations working on the Ebola emergency in Liberia. Findings Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was the first humanitarian NGO to deploy medical staff to the field in Liberia during the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak. MSF staffs were already operating in Liberia even before the declaration of the outbreak in August 2014.Conclusions The slow response by the international humanitarian organisations to lend their support in bringing the EVD outbreak to and exhibited the fear the international community have for deadly infectious diseases more than armed conflicts.Recommendations We recommend regularly training in public health emergency preparedness for third world countries that are highly susceptible to health emergencies such as Ebola outbreak to help prepared them ahead of such outbreak.","PeriodicalId":277581,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Ebola, AIDS, HIV and Infectious Diseases and Immunity","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129508307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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