COVID -19 VACCINE AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC IN THE SOUTHERN PALESTINIAN GOVERNATES: ACCEPTANCE AND HESITANCY

Ph.D. Candidate Nabila Abu Sharikh

ABSTRACT

Objective: The continuation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination helps to reach targeted universal vaccination that will contribute to global pandemic control so the individuals who are unwilling to receive the vaccination or refuse COVID-19 vaccination can delay the advancement of vaccination coverage and may generate difficulties in global efforts to control the pandemic. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this research is to clarify the awareness about Covid-19 vaccination between acceptance and hesitancy among the public at Southern Palestinian Governess

Methodology: The researcher followed the descriptive analytical approach to accomplish this study. The online survey was adopted to collect required data via a random sample from Southern Palestinian Governess. The researcher received 125 valid questionnaires after the distribution of 150 one. SPSS was used to analyze the required data.

Finding and result: The main outcomes revealed that only 44.4% of the respondents believe that herd immunity maybe protects people while 42.1% refused this belief and 13.5 % approved that herd immunity will protect people. Moreover, 83.3% of respondents confirmed that they could be attacked with the virus after vaccination but 16.7% said that they maybe take the infection after vaccination. Also, 59.5% of respondents have a doubt of vaccine in general without specific causes while 40.5% of them have no doubt

Recommendations: the study suggested that awareness about the vaccine, in general, should be increased among the public at Southern Palestinian Governess illustrating the value of vaccination and side effects, also advised people to wear masks and keep social distance permanently until the termination of a pandemic to save ourselves.

Keywords: Covid -19, Hesitancy, Acceptance, Awareness

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