Intention to receive new vaccines post-COVID-19 pandemic among adults and health workers in Lusaka, Zambia
Vaccine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
50, P. 126846 - 126846
Published: Feb. 11, 2025
To
estimate
intention
to
receive
newly
introduced
adult
vaccines
among
community
members
and
healthcare
workers
(HCWs)
in
Lusaka,
Zambia
the
context
of
previous
COVID-19
vaccine
uptake
perceived
disease
threat
and,
identify
trusted
sources
information.
We
conducted
a
cross-sectional
survey
random
sample
convenience
HCWs
from
13
November
15
December
2023.
evaluated
future
vaccination
intentions
by
self-reported
uptake,
role,
type
(COVID-19
booster,
HIV,
tuberculosis,
malaria,
pneumonia,
diarrheal
disease)
source
information
using
adjusted,
mixed
effects
Poisson
regression
adjusted
probability
models.
enrolled
395
(79.2
%)
104
(20.8
(N
=
499).
There
was
high
new
(mean
score
83.6
86.0
%),
though
varied
type.
Prior
(0,
1,
2+
doses)
impacted
novel
(43.3
%,
62.8
79.7
respectively)
but
were
not
associated
with
any
other
types.
Intention
strongly
severity
susceptibility
as
well
age,
sex,
education,
household
income.
Social
media
lower
overall
members,
while
health
system
higher
vaccines.
Government
highly
all
participants.
did
predict
non-COVID-19
Zambia.
Perceived
select
socio-demographic
factors
key
predictors,
suggesting
need
for
rapid
research
design
communication
strategies
per
target
population.
Language: Английский
Turkish Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity Study of the Vaccine Acceptance Instrument
Vaccines,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(5), P. 480 - 480
Published: April 29, 2024
This
research
study
aimed
to
assess
the
reliability
and
validity
of
Turkish
version
Vaccine
Acceptance
Instrument
(VAI).
The
VAI
is
a
20-item
Likert-type
scale,
with
responses
ranging
across
seven
points.
A
systematic
approach
was
followed
translate
scale
into
Turkish,
involving
translation,
expert
panel
evaluation,
back-translation,
pilot
testing.
sociodemographic
data
form
were
used
for
collection.
tested
by
test–retest
analysis,
its
internal
examined
Cronbach’s
alpha
test.
factor
structure
using
Exploratory
Factor
Analysis
(EFA).
Confirmatory
(CFA)
employed
scale’s
fit.
Overall,
229
participants
included
in
study.
In
intraclass
correlation
coefficient
0.992
(95%
CI:
0.987–0.996).
value
0.824.
four-factor
determined.
model
had
an
acceptable
fit
[χ2/df
=
380.04/164
(2,317)
p
<
0.001,
CFI
0.91,
GFI
0.90,
AGFI
0.906,
NFI
RMSEA
0.076].
mean
total
score
112.71
±
17.02.
low
education
level
mother,
being
housewife,
parents
not
having
COVID-19
vaccine
statistically
significantly
associated
acceptance
(p
0.05).
adaptation
demonstrated
satisfactory
levels
following
rigorous
Language: Английский
“You are filthy, cursed, and impious”: A story of stigmatization by the loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic
Rani Musawwer Sultana,
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Humera Manzoor
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Gender Work and Organization,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 10, 2024
Abstract
Through
writing
differently,
this
article
aims
to
give
in‐depth
insights
into
the
intimate
and
painful
experiences
of
stigmatization
during
coronavirus
pandemic.
It
reveals
extent
which
social
stigma
attached
has
proliferated
“otherness”
even
among
family
members.
The
was
linked
filthiness,
impiety,
a
curse,
led
heart
wrenching
gossips,
rejections,
exclusions
both
within
beyond.
This
study
contributes
our
cultural
understanding
associated
with
coronavirus,
it
created
family,
way
affected
one's
psychological
health
wellbeing
through
alternative
writing.
Language: Английский