ArticleInternational health2023
Uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in Malawi.
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- Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine and associated factors among Health Care Workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi: A cross-section study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in Lusaka, Zambia; Findings and Implications for the Future.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Correlates of uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and motivation to vaccinate among Malawian adults.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
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- Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination during June-October 2021: A multi-site prospective study.Vaccine · 2023Article
- Health care workers' self-perceived infection risk and COVID-19 vaccine uptake: A mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Burnout and depression: A cross sectional study among health care workers providing HIV care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in Africa. We sought to understand Malawian healthcare workers' (HCWs') COVID-19 vaccination and its hypothesized determinants.
methodsIn March 2021, as the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out commenced in Malawi, we surveyed clinical and lay cadre HCWs (n=400) about their uptake of the vaccine and potential correlates (informed by the WHO Behavioral and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination framework). We analyzed uptake and used adjusted multivariable logistic regression models to explore how 'what people think and feel' constructs were associated with HCWs' motivation to be vaccinated.
resultsOf the surveyed HCWs, 82.5% had received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose. Motivation (eagerness to be vaccinated) was strongly associated with confidence in vaccine benefits (adjusted OR [aOR] 9.85, 95% CI 5.50 to 17.61) and with vaccine safety (aOR 4.60, 95% CI 2.92 to 7.23), but not with perceived COVID-19 infection risk (aOR 1.38, 95% CI 0.88 to 2.16). Of all the information sources about COVID-19 vaccination, 37.5% were reportedly negative in tone.
conclusionsHCWs in Malawi have a high motivation to be vaccinated and a high COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Disseminating vaccine benefits and safety messages via social media and social networks may be persuasive for individuals who are unmotivated to be vaccinated and less likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine.
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