Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study
Introduction: The approval of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines and obtaining herd immunity raise the optimism about seeing the end of this pandemic but vaccine hesitancy or refusal to vaccinate is a major threat to progress toward achieving herd immunity. In this...
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| author | Muslet Alharbi Norh M. Alharbi Shumukh M. Almutairi Maha K. Alharbi Jolan S. Alsaud Badr Alnssyan Waleed Al Abdulmonem |
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The approval of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines and obtaining herd immunity raise the optimism about seeing the end of this pandemic but vaccine hesitancy or refusal to vaccinate is a major threat to progress toward achieving herd immunity. In this study, we identify baseline knowledge, myths, misconceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors toward the COVID-19 vaccine. This help to develop new strategies to raise awareness, correct misconceptions and improve acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. This study aim is to evaluate the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among population in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study conducted among target people who were more than 11 years old in Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia using the snowball sample study. A self-administered online questionnaire was used that evaluates the knowledge and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among this population.
Results:
The results show that the participants’ high knowledge of COVID-19 translates into good and safe practices, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health workers worldwide should concentrate on enlightening and building faith among the unsure and reluctant population regarding security, effectiveness, and adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Conclusions:
The study findings are useful to the policymakers and healthcare professionals who are working on vaccine awareness programs of COVID-19. The findings conclude that the health education interventions should be directed to population of Qassim, Saudi Arabia, at high risk of contracting COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ed532c8957e4c9fa19350cee24e298d2024-11-11T11:04:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352023-02-0112221322210.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_457_22Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional studyMuslet AlharbiNorh M. AlharbiShumukh M. AlmutairiMaha K. AlharbiJolan S. AlsaudBadr AlnssyanWaleed Al AbdulmonemIntroduction: The approval of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines and obtaining herd immunity raise the optimism about seeing the end of this pandemic but vaccine hesitancy or refusal to vaccinate is a major threat to progress toward achieving herd immunity. In this study, we identify baseline knowledge, myths, misconceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors toward the COVID-19 vaccine. This help to develop new strategies to raise awareness, correct misconceptions and improve acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. This study aim is to evaluate the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among population in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted among target people who were more than 11 years old in Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia using the snowball sample study. A self-administered online questionnaire was used that evaluates the knowledge and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among this population. Results: The results show that the participants’ high knowledge of COVID-19 translates into good and safe practices, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health workers worldwide should concentrate on enlightening and building faith among the unsure and reluctant population regarding security, effectiveness, and adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusions: The study findings are useful to the policymakers and healthcare professionals who are working on vaccine awareness programs of COVID-19. The findings conclude that the health education interventions should be directed to population of Qassim, Saudi Arabia, at high risk of contracting COVID-19.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_457_22covid-19 vaccineqassimsaudi arabiavaccine acceptance |
| spellingShingle | Muslet Alharbi Norh M. Alharbi Shumukh M. Almutairi Maha K. Alharbi Jolan S. Alsaud Badr Alnssyan Waleed Al Abdulmonem Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care covid-19 vaccine qassim saudi arabia vaccine acceptance |
| title | Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine among Qassim populations: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | acceptance towards covid 19 vaccine among qassim populations a cross sectional study |
| topic | covid-19 vaccine qassim saudi arabia vaccine acceptance |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_457_22 |
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