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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Content Analysis of Nigerian YouTube Videos.
Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- "I didn't believe it was real": a qualitative exploration of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among key populations living with HIV/AIDS in Rivers State, Nigeria.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Immunisation decision-making and barriers to vaccine uptake among children under-5 in limited-resource settings.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tackling infectious disease outbreak and vaccination misinformation: a community-based strategy in Niger State, Nigeria.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among household heads in northern Nigeria: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Healthcare provider and patient perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination among persons with HIV, hypertension, and/or Diabetes mellitus at two regional referral hospitals in Uganda.Discover social science and health · 2025Article
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- Cognizance and mitigation of falsified immunization documentation: Analyzing the consequences for public health in Nigeria, with a focus on counterfeited COVID-19 vaccination cards: A case report.Health science reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Vaccination is key to developing herd immunity against COVID-19; however, the attitude of Nigerians towards being vaccinated stalled at the 70% vaccination target. This study engages Theory of Planned Behaviour to analyse the tone of Nigerian YouTube headlines/titles, and the tone of YouTube users' comments to examine the causes of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. YouTube videos uploaded between March 2021 and December 2022 were analysed using a content analytic approach. Results show 53.5% of the videos had a positive tone, while 40.5% were negative, and 6% neutral. Second, findings indicate most of the Nigerian YouTube users' comments were neutral (62.6%), while 32.4%, were negative, and 5% were positive. From the antivaccine themes, analysis shows the people's lack of trust in the government on vaccines (15.7%) and the presence of vaccine conspiracy theories mostly related to expressions of religion and biotechnology (46.08%) were the main causes of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Nigeria. The study presents implications for theory and recommends ways for governments to develop better vaccination communication strategies.
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