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High COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Eye Healthcare Workers in Uganda.
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- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Acceptance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines among healthcare workers: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health workers in Kampala city, Uganda.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Misinformation, knowledge and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: a cross-sectional study among health care workers and the general population in Kampala, Uganda.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Sustaining Functionality of Not-for-Profit Health Organisations During Pandemics: Lessons and COVID 19 Experience from Makerere University Walter Reed Project.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
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- Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and associated factors among adults in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines among Adults in Lilongwe, Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Health Belief Model.Vaccines · 2022Article
- Believing processes around COVID-19 vaccination: An exploratory study investigating workers in the health sector.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among Healthcare Facility Workers in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Survey.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Coronavirus disease-2019 morbidity and mortality among health care workers in Uganda.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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backgroundProtecting healthcare workers against COVID-19 disease is crucial, and COVID-19 vaccination is the most effective method to do so. Eye healthcare workers provide routine care in proximity, increasing infection risk, hence their need for full vaccination. This study determined COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and barriers to its uptake among eye healthcare workers practicing in Uganda.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional online and telephone survey based on the health belief model (HBM), conducted in June-August 2021. A modified Poisson regression model with robust standard errors was used to determine the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
resultsIn total, 300 (85%) of the 357 eye healthcare workers participated in the study with mean age 43 ± 8 years and 182 (60.7%) were men. Overall, 97.6% (95% CI: 95.9-99.4) had accepted and/or were willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, 65.3% had received a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 97 (32.3%) reported the intention to accept the vaccine when it became available. Among the HBM constructs, high perceived susceptibility and high perceived benefits were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
conclusionsThe acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among eye healthcare workers in Uganda is very high. There is a dire need to make vaccines available to developing nations like Uganda.
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