COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Determinants of Acceptance among Healthcare Workers, Academics and Tertiary Students in Nigeria

Emmanuel O. Njoga; Philip P. Mshelbwala; Kenneth O. Abah; Olajoju J. Awoyomi; Kinley Wangdi; Shedrach B. Pewan; Felix A. Oyeleye; Haruna B. Galadima; Salisu A. Alhassan; Chinwe E. Okoli; Elisha Z. Kwaja; Onyinye S. Onwumere-Idolor; Everest O. Atadiose; Priscilla O. Awoyomi; Musawa A. Ibrahim; Kabiru M. Lawan; Shehu A. Zailani; Mohammed D. Salihu; Charles E. Rupprecht

doi:10.3390/vaccines10040626

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Determinants of Acceptance among Healthcare Workers, Academics and Tertiary Students in Nigeria

Emmanuel O. Njoga^*
, Philip P. Mshelbwala^*
, Kenneth O. Abah^*
, Olajoju J. Awoyomi
, Kinley Wangdi
, Shedrach B. Pewan
, Felix A. Oyeleye
, Haruna B. Galadima
, Salisu A. Alhassan
, Chinwe E. Okoli
, Elisha Z. Kwaja
, Onyinye S. Onwumere-Idolor
, Everest O. Atadiose
, Priscilla O. Awoyomi
, Musawa A. Ibrahim
, Kabiru M. Lawan
, Shehu A. Zailani
, Mohammed D. Salihu
, Charles E. Rupprecht

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of human deaths, prompting the rapid development and regulatory approval of several vaccines. Although Nigeria implemented a COVID-19 vaccination program on 15 March 2021, low vaccine acceptance remains a major chal-lenge. To provide insight on factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH), we conducted a national survey among healthcare workers, academics, and tertiary students, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021. We fitted a logistic regression model to the data and exam-ined factors associated with VH to support targeted health awareness campaigns to address public.

Original language	English
Article number	626
Number of pages	17
Journal	Vaccines
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10040626
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2022

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Njoga, E. O., Mshelbwala, P. P., Abah, K. O., Awoyomi, O. J., Wangdi, K., Pewan, S. B., Oyeleye, F. A., Galadima, H. B., Alhassan, S. A., Okoli, C. E., Kwaja, E. Z., Onwumere-Idolor, O. S., Atadiose, E. O., Awoyomi, P. O., Ibrahim, M. A., Lawan, K. M., Zailani, S. A., Salihu, M. D., & Rupprecht, C. E. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Determinants of Acceptance among Healthcare Workers, Academics and Tertiary Students in Nigeria. Vaccines, 10(4), Article 626. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10040626

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