Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward seasonal influenza vaccine during the COVID‑19 pandemic among students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences‑Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

. Amir Abushouk; . Mohamed Eldigire Ahmed; . Zaher Althagaf; . Abdulrhman Almehmadi; . Samer Alasmari; . Fares Alenezi; . Muhannad Fallata; . Rayan Alshamrani

Volume 13, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Annual influenza vaccine is recommended among health professionals especially,health science undergraduates; although, studies suggest that there is a low level of vaccine ... Read More

Contributing factors of willingness and hesitancy regarding acceptance of COVID‑19 vaccine in primary care settings: A qualitative study in an eastern state of India

. Sweety Suman Jha; . Bobby Paul; . Rahul Das; . Biswadip Chattopadhyay; . Arista Lahiri

Volume 12, Issue 2 , February 2022, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: For any effective vaccination strategy, the willingness of the beneficiaries and its contributing factors are important. This study was conducted among the health‑care ... Read More BACKGROUND: For any effective vaccination strategy, the willingness of the beneficiaries and its contributing factors are important. This study was conducted among the health‑care workers (HCWs) and community members to find the perceptions regarding the COVID‑19 vaccine and understand the influencers and the barriers of vaccine acceptance.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted from October 2020 to December 2020 in two primary care settings in an urban area. Eighteen in‑depth interviews (IDIs) after taking consent were conducted with the help of IDI guide developed and validated beforehand by the experts. IDIs were done among the ten community members and eight HCWs selected conveniently. Data collection were continued till data saturation when no new information yielded from the interviews. Thematic analysis was performed.RESULTS: All the participants were hopeful about availability of the vaccine. The key influencers identified for promoting willingness to accept the vaccine among both the groups were opinion of the health‑care providers, colleagues’ and other people’s acceptance of the vaccine, effectiveness of vaccine on other people, and perceived risk of the disease. Fear of adverse reactions was the most important barrier among all the respondents. The prevalent perception was that other preventive practices and vaccine together can only be the best solution to prevent COVID‑19 illness. The HCWs perceived that acceptance of vaccine among the community members would be good overall but apprehended some initial difficulties. Mass campaign to promote COVID‑19 vaccination and sensitization events are the need of the hour.CONCLUSIONS: Since opinion of health‑care personnel emerged as an important influencer of vaccine acceptance, mass campaign and sensitization programs spearheaded by the health‑care providers can bring about change by increasing the vaccine acceptance among the beneficiaries at large. Re‑enforcement regarding practice of preventive measures should be made among the population irrespective of the vaccination status.

Potential vaccine hesitancy regarding COVID‑19 vaccines in Kashmiri population

. Syed Najmul Ain; . Rabia Ahmad; . Reyana Qulsum; . Mohamad Azhar Gilani

Volume 11, Issue 10 , November 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: India is all set to begin vaccination against COVID‑19. A good number of peopleare falling prey to anti‑vaccination campaigns, and therefore, some amount of vaccine ... Read More

The efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine in Iranian population: A systematic review and meta‑analysis

. Mehdi Tazhibi; . Abdollah Hajivandi; . Arefeh Dehghani Tafti; . Hossein Fallahzadeh

Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2014, , Pages 1-8

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Introduction: Hepatitis B infection is an important health problem all over the world, andaccording to the studies, Iran is a country with intermediate prevalence, so vaccination is ... Read More

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward seasonal influenza vaccine during the COVID‑19 pandemic among students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences‑Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Contributing factors of willingness and hesitancy regarding acceptance of COVID‑19 vaccine in primary care settings: A qualitative study in an eastern state of India

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Potential vaccine hesitancy regarding COVID‑19 vaccines in Kashmiri population

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The efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine in Iranian population: A systematic review and meta‑analysis

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