Knowledge and Attitude Towards Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Among Health Professionals Working at Public Health Facilities in a Low Income Country

Background: Several vaccines have been approved in a lot of countries to combat corona-virus disease and distributed throughout the world. Health professional's knowledge and attitude towards a second COVID-19 vaccine dose were poorly implemented and understood in Ethiopia's health facilit...

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Published in:Infection and drug resistance 2021-01, Vol.14, p.3125-3134
Main Authors: Ahmed, Mohammedjud Hassen, Siraj, Shuayib Shemsu, Klein, Jorn, Ali, Fedila Yassin, Kanfe, Shuma Gosha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attitude
Attitudes
China
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines
Data collection
Disease transmission
Ethiopia
Family income
health professionals
Hospitals
India
Knowledge
Medical personnel
Original Research
Pandemics
Public health
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Sample size
second vaccine dose
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Vaccines
Virus diseases
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Summary:Background: Several vaccines have been approved in a lot of countries to combat corona-virus disease and distributed throughout the world. Health professional's knowledge and attitude towards a second COVID-19 vaccine dose were poorly implemented and understood in Ethiopia's health facilities. The main purpose of conducting this study was to investigate health professionals' knowledge and attitude towards the second COVID-19 vaccine dose at public hospitals in Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted from January to March, 2021 to assess the knowledge and attitude towards second COVID-19 vaccine dose among health professionals working at public health facilities in Ethiopia. A multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify predictors that correlate with knowledge and attitude towards a second COVID-19 vaccine dose with a P-value
ISSN:1178-6973
1178-6973
DOI:10.2147/IDR.S327954