Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among household heads in northern Nigeria: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out for the public in August 2021 in Zamfara state, Northen Nigeria. We determined the factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.

Settings

We executed a community-based analytical cross-sectional study during the first 4 months of the second phase of the COVID-19 (Oxford/AstraZeneca) mass vaccination campaign in Zamfara state.

Participants

We used multistage sampling to select 910 household heads.

Outcome measures

We used a semistructured electronic questionnaire to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics, uptake and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine between 12 October and 20 December 2021. We calculated frequencies, proportions, adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance using

SUBMITTER: Ahmad SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883584 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature