一般公众对阿富汗COVID-19疫苗的看法,2021年
Mir Salamuddin Hakim1, Ghulam Farooq Mansoor2, Ahmad Wali Walizada3
1Afghanistan Field Epidemiology Training Program, Afghanistan National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics
|July 7, 2023
概括
阿富汗公众对COVID-19疫苗的看法显示了高度的认识,但存在重大障碍. 错误信息和对副作用的恐惧阻碍了疫苗接种,需要社区参与和利益相关者的合作,以提高疫苗接种率.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
- 社会科学研究 社会科学研究
背景情况:
- 阿富汗的COVID-19疫苗接种率较低 (到2021年8月为<5%),凸显了疫苗接受方面的挑战.
- 了解公众的看法对于解决疫苗犹和提高接种率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查阿富汗公众对COVID-19及其疫苗的认识,看法和态度.
- 确定影响阿富汗人口接受COVID-19疫苗接种的关键动机和障碍.
主要方法:
- 一项从2021年5月至6月在12个省份进行的定性形成性研究.
- 包括24个重点小组讨论 (FGD) 与高风险群体和24个关键信息人采访 (KIIs) 与EPI经理和监狱负责人.
- 数据分析涉及到当地语言字面转录的演性主题分析.
主要成果:
- 城市地区对COVID-19的认识高于农村地区.
- 大约60%的参与者认为COVID-19疫苗是有效的,尽管人们普遍担心谣言,误解和疫苗副作用.
- 关于疾病和疫苗的准确知识被注意到,但错误信息和阴谋论等重大障碍仍然存在.
结论:
- 解决错误信息,阴谋论和对副作用的恐惧对于增加阿富汗COVID-19疫苗接种量至关重要.
- 加强社区参与和利益相关者的合作对于促进疫苗的益处和有效性至关重要.
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