Awareness, knowledge and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among the people of West Bengal, India: A web-based survey

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Rapid vaccination is the only way to fight against COVID-19.Vaccine hesitancy is the major barrier against this strategy. The main objective of this cross-sectional study was to analyze COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the general population of West Bengal (India), as well as to investigate the factors that were independently associated with people's desire to receive the vaccine.

Methods

An online questionnaire was distributed by email, Whatsapp, and other social media platforms, and the responses were analyzed using the SPSS (Version 20) software.

Results

We conducted a web-based survey in West Bengal, India (N = 803), and accumulated information on individuals' desire to adopt vaccine against COVID-19, views about the virus's effectiveness, and many k

SUBMITTER: Samanta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472583 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature