Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria.
Introduction: Malaria vaccine is one of the novel strategies currently being evaluated for use in malaria control in children under five. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the awareness, perception and acceptance of malaria vaccine among women of the reproductive age group in a rural communit...
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| author | Sani Musa Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba Nuru Suleiman Muhammad Bilqis Muhammad Hauwa Umar Makarfi |
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| description | Introduction: Malaria vaccine is one of the novel strategies currently being evaluated for use in malaria control in children under five. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the awareness, perception and acceptance of malaria vaccine among women of the reproductive age group in a rural community in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study and total population sampling was used to recruit 236 women aged between 15-49 years. The data were collected using an open data kit (ODK-1) mounted on android tablets and entered into International Business Machine Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS) version 23 Software. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between the predictor and the outcome variables. A p-value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Only 131 (56%) of the subjects ever heard about malaria vaccines. Of these, 95 (72.5%) knew that the vaccine could prevent malaria and 104 (96.8%) believe that the vaccine was necessary for the prevention of malaria. Further, 89 (67.9%) subjects among those aware of the vaccine would voluntarily allow their children to get vaccinated and 93 (71%), would recommend the vaccines for others. Similarly, 98 (74.8%) of those aware of the vaccine would recommend the vaccine for the National Program on Immunisation. Conclusion: The awareness of the malaria vaccine in the subjects was low while the perception and acceptability of the vaccine were high. None of the risk factors investigated was independently related to awareness of the vaccine. Public enlightenment and further qualitative studies to explore a context-specific perception of the malaria vaccines are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-381abfa064d448b1bc5eb26ef6d085162022-12-22T04:23:50ZengNtec SpecialistKanem Journal of Medical Sciences2006-47722714-24262022-01-011523238doi.org/10.36020/kjms.2022.1601.00420221Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria.Sani Musa0Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba1Nuru Suleiman Muhammad2Bilqis Muhammad3Hauwa Umar Makarfi4Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital Shika-Zaria, Kaduna state, NigeriaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital ShikaZaria, Kaduna state, NigeriaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital ShikaZaria, Kaduna state, NigeriaDepartment of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine,Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital Shika-Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria.Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital Shika-Zaria, Kaduna state, NigeriaIntroduction: Malaria vaccine is one of the novel strategies currently being evaluated for use in malaria control in children under five. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the awareness, perception and acceptance of malaria vaccine among women of the reproductive age group in a rural community in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study and total population sampling was used to recruit 236 women aged between 15-49 years. The data were collected using an open data kit (ODK-1) mounted on android tablets and entered into International Business Machine Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS) version 23 Software. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between the predictor and the outcome variables. A p-value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Only 131 (56%) of the subjects ever heard about malaria vaccines. Of these, 95 (72.5%) knew that the vaccine could prevent malaria and 104 (96.8%) believe that the vaccine was necessary for the prevention of malaria. Further, 89 (67.9%) subjects among those aware of the vaccine would voluntarily allow their children to get vaccinated and 93 (71%), would recommend the vaccines for others. Similarly, 98 (74.8%) of those aware of the vaccine would recommend the vaccine for the National Program on Immunisation. Conclusion: The awareness of the malaria vaccine in the subjects was low while the perception and acceptability of the vaccine were high. None of the risk factors investigated was independently related to awareness of the vaccine. Public enlightenment and further qualitative studies to explore a context-specific perception of the malaria vaccines are recommended.https://www.ajol.info/index.php/kjms/article/view/236569/223528acceptanceawarenessmalaria vaccineperceptionruralnigeria |
| spellingShingle | Sani Musa Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba Nuru Suleiman Muhammad Bilqis Muhammad Hauwa Umar Makarfi Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences acceptance awareness malaria vaccine perception rural nigeria |
| title | Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. |
| title_full | Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. |
| title_fullStr | Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. |
| title_short | Awareness, Perception and Acceptance of Malaria Vaccine among Women of the Reproductive Age Group in a rural community in Soba, Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria. |
| title_sort | awareness perception and acceptance of malaria vaccine among women of the reproductive age group in a rural community in soba kaduna state north west nigeria |
| topic | acceptance awareness malaria vaccine perception rural nigeria |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/kjms/article/view/236569/223528 |
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