Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake amongst Healthcare Workers (HCWs) in Nigeria

This study applied a behavioral lens to understand drivers of COVID-19 vaccination uptake among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Nigeria. The study used data from an online survey of Nigerian HCWs ages 18 and older conducted in July 2021. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to exami...

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Published inVaccines (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 10; p. 1162
Main Authors Agha, Sohail, Chine, Adaobi, Lalika, Mathias, Pandey, Samikshya, Seth, Aparna, Wiyeh, Alison, Seng, Alyssa, Rao, Nandan, Badshah, Akhtar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 11.10.2021
MDPI
Subjects
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines
Education
Health care
health personnel
Immunization
Low income groups
Medical personnel
Motivation
Nurses
Physicians
Polls & surveys
Recruitment
Secondary education
Social networks
Systematic review
Vaccination
vaccine acceptance
vaccine hesitancy
vaccine uptake
Vaccines
willingness to get vaccinated
Nigeria
United States > US
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Summary:This study applied a behavioral lens to understand drivers of COVID-19 vaccination uptake among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Nigeria. The study used data from an online survey of Nigerian HCWs ages 18 and older conducted in July 2021. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine predictors of getting two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. One-third of HCWs in our sample reported that they had gotten two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Motivation and ability were powerful predictors of being fully vaccinated: HCWs with high motivation and high ability had a 15-times higher odds ratio of being fully vaccinated. However, only 27% of HCWs had high motivation and high ability. This was primarily because the ability to get vaccinated was quite low among HCWs: Only 32% of HCWs reported that it was very easy to get a COVID-19 vaccination. By comparison, motivation was relatively high: 69% of HCWs reported that a COVID-19 vaccine was very important for their health. Much of the recent literature coming out of Nigeria and other LMICs focuses on increasing motivation to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Our findings highlight the urgency of making it easier for HCWs to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
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ISSN:2076-393X
2076-393X
DOI:10.3390/vaccines9101162