Journal of Education and Health Promotion (Jan 2023)

Potential determinants of childhood COVID-19 vaccine confidence among the primary school's stakeholders in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study to assess the effects of education

  • Debendra Nath Roy,
  • Md Rubayet Sayeed Tanvir,
  • Maruf Faisal Pallab,
  • Nowrin Ferdiousi,
  • Ekramul Islam,
  • Md Shah Azam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1153_22
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 420 – 420

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Rapid corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drives aimed to immunize primary school-aged youth have a potential for health safety and supportive academic attainment. This study aimed to identify the potential factors influencing childhood COVID-19 vaccine confidence among the primary school's stakeholders in Bangladesh and assess the effects of health education on vaccine confidence and receptivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study used a bilingual, multi-item, closed-ended, anonymous questionnaire adopted from the extant literature studies on the topic. Data were collected purposively by the face-to-face interview approach. In total, 627 primary school's stakeholders participated in this study. The binary logistic regressions and Chi-square tests were employed to investigate and rationalize the study-outlined objectives where 0.05) in the Chi-squared test. Hence, there was no vaccine-hesitant risky recipient group identified in implementing upcoming childhood COVID-19 vaccination programs. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the importance of a positive perception of vaccine safety, efficacy, effectiveness, and health education for vaccine confidence under any circumstances. Childhood COVID-19 vaccine confidence is Improved if vaccination data become more available to the guardians and school community. Public health education would be considered a preferred approach for building trust and fostering childhood vaccine confidence against COVID-19 in Bangladesh.

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