Conference abstract
Factors limiting acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Menoua Department
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2023:18(41).03
Oct 2023.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2023.18.41.1986
Archived on: 03 Oct 2023
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Keywords: COVID-19, factors, vaccination, acceptance, knowledge
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Factors limiting acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Menoua Department
Nguena Astride Arolle1,&, Momo Tetsatsi Aimé Césaire1
1Institut Universitaire Evangélique du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun
&Corresponding author
Introduction: the current SARS-COV-2 epidemic has become an extremely dominant reality worldwide. Conspiracy beliefs have infiltrated many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation is more accentuated in Africa. What are the factors that limit the acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 by the populations of the Department of Menoua? The objective was to determine the factors associated with the acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 in the Menoua Division.
Methods: it is a transversal descriptive with an analytical component. The study population consisted of all people living in the Department of Menoua and aged 18 and over. Sampling was stratified at random. A pre-test was first carried out. Once in the district concerned, two groups of investigators were formed to cover the collection area. The questionnaire was explained and then self-administered to avoid bias due to the influence of the interviewer. For elderly people, the questionnaire was translated into the traditional language. The data collected was first recorded in Microsoft Office Excel 2013 software and SPSS 20.0 software for statistical analysis.
Results: the results of this study revealed that the majority of respondents were young people aged 26 to 40 (40.58%) with an average of 33.27 ± 12.78 years, 56% of respondents had secondary education. The majority of respondents had a good level of knowledge on the manifestations of COVID-19 (65.57%), average on prevention methods (73.84%), and average on vaccination against COVID-19 (74, 33%). 90% of participants were unvaccinated; participants' age and education level significantly influenced acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Conclusion: misinformation, Lack of trust due to the safety of the vaccine and the local context are identified factors in this study as a barrier to acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. This underlines the urgency of the rehabilitation of the strategy of the government to fight COVID-19 to protect the population and avoid the country from successive waves.
Factors limiting acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Menoua Department
Nguena Astride Arolle1,&, Momo Tetsatsi Aimé Césaire1
1Institut Universitaire Evangélique du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun
&Corresponding author
Introduction: the current SARS-COV-2 epidemic has become an extremely dominant reality worldwide. Conspiracy beliefs have infiltrated many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation is more accentuated in Africa. What are the factors that limit the acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 by the populations of the Department of Menoua? The objective was to determine the factors associated with the acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 in the Menoua Division.
Methods: it is a transversal descriptive with an analytical component. The study population consisted of all people living in the Department of Menoua and aged 18 and over. Sampling was stratified at random. A pre-test was first carried out. Once in the district concerned, two groups of investigators were formed to cover the collection area. The questionnaire was explained and then self-administered to avoid bias due to the influence of the interviewer. For elderly people, the questionnaire was translated into the traditional language. The data collected was first recorded in Microsoft Office Excel 2013 software and SPSS 20.0 software for statistical analysis.
Results: the results of this study revealed that the majority of respondents were young people aged 26 to 40 (40.58%) with an average of 33.27 ± 12.78 years, 56% of respondents had secondary education. The majority of respondents had a good level of knowledge on the manifestations of COVID-19 (65.57%), average on prevention methods (73.84%), and average on vaccination against COVID-19 (74, 33%). 90% of participants were unvaccinated; participants' age and education level significantly influenced acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Conclusion: misinformation, Lack of trust due to the safety of the vaccine and the local context are identified factors in this study as a barrier to acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. This underlines the urgency of the rehabilitation of the strategy of the government to fight COVID-19 to protect the population and avoid the country from successive waves.
