Coronavirus Disease 2019 Knowledge, Its Vaccine Uptake Intentions, and the Influence of Personality Traits among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in a University Setting: Findings and Implications

• Published in: Annals of African medicine Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 271 - 284
• Main Authors: Ogunyinka, Ibrahim Abayomi, Yusuff, Kazeem Babatunde, Erah, Patrick Omonua, Mohammed, Yahaya, Wada, Yusuf Hassan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 01.07.2024; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Adult; College students; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - psychology; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diseases; Female; Health aspects; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Intention; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Nigeria; Original Article; Personality; Personality traits; Pharmacy; SARS-CoV-2; Self esteem; Social media; Social networks; Students; Students, Pharmacy - psychology; Students, Pharmacy - statistics & numerical data; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Universities; Vaccination - psychology; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Vaccination Hesitancy - psychology; Vaccination Hesitancy - statistics & numerical data; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines; World health; Young Adult; Nigeria; self-esteem; Lockdown; Nigéria; perception des risques; médias sociaux; nonpharmaceutical interventions; urgence de santé publique; estime de soi; interventions non pharmaceutiques; public health emergency; Nigeria; social media; risk perception

Context: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the greatest global health catastrophe of the century, with its vaccine hesitancy compounding the woes. Relevant stakeholders, including pharmacy students (whose education was disrupted) are important bulwarks against these catastrophes, but their COVI...