COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health professionals: a facility-based, cross-sectional study in the Amhara region, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and identify the associated factors among health professionals in major cities of the Amhara region in Ethiopia.

Design

Institution-based, cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted from July to September 2022 across 40 health centres and 13 hospitals, representing 10 major cities within the Amhara region.

Participants

1251 participants, all of whom were vaccine-eligible health professionals, were selected using a systematic random sampling procedure.

Outcome measures

The level of vaccine uptake in the study was determined by the proportion of health professionals who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Results

1251 health professionals participated, with 848 (67.

SUBMITTER: Zeru T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004481 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature