Background: Vaccine apprehension poses a risk to global public health. Since an enormous global initiative was underway to create a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its acceptance in India. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, acceptance and non-acceptance of current and potential vaccines can aid in the development of strategies to improve the national mass vaccination programme. This study aims to determine vaccine related awareness, acceptance & awareness among Dharavi (Slum & Non-Slum) population of Mumbai for COVID-19 vaccine.
Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Total 384 participants were surveyed, among them 192 were from Dharavi slum & 192 from Dharavi non-slum area. Responses to the questionnaire using Google form was filled in the field itself, by doing house to house survey using convenience sampling. Data on socio-demographic characters, COVID-19 vaccine awareness, acceptance & non-acceptance was collected.
Results: Overall, out of 384 participants, 227 (59.1%) were having poor or very poor awareness & 157 (40.9%) were having average or above average awareness related to COVID-19 vaccines. Out of 192 slum residents 118 (61.5 %) & out of 192 residents of non-slum 132 (68.8%) were willing to get vaccinated & the difference is not statistically significant. Overall, out of 384 participants of Dharavi 250 (65.1%) were showing vaccine acceptance & 134 (34.9%) participants were showing vaccine hesitancy.
Conclusion: Proportion of awareness & acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine varies & interlinked with socio-demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, religion & area of residency of the study population. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was found to have significant association with awareness.
%0 Journal Article
%1 karan_gade_2023_7928076
%A Gade, Karan
%A Vashi, Meeta
%A Sinha, Anish
%A Pingle, Shyam
%A Gomare, Mangala
%D 2023
%J GSC Advanced Research and Reviews
%K COVID-19
%N 2
%P 031–038
%R 10.30574/gscarr.2023.14.2.0046
%T Awareness about COVID-19 vaccine, its acceptance and hesitancy among the urban slum & non-slum population of Dharavi in Mumbai, India
%U https://gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscarr/content/awareness-about-covid-19-vaccine-its-acceptance-and-hesitancy-among-urban-slum-non-slum
%V 14
%X Background: Vaccine apprehension poses a risk to global public health. Since an enormous global initiative was underway to create a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its acceptance in India. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, acceptance and non-acceptance of current and potential vaccines can aid in the development of strategies to improve the national mass vaccination programme. This study aims to determine vaccine related awareness, acceptance & awareness among Dharavi (Slum & Non-Slum) population of Mumbai for COVID-19 vaccine.
Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Total 384 participants were surveyed, among them 192 were from Dharavi slum & 192 from Dharavi non-slum area. Responses to the questionnaire using Google form was filled in the field itself, by doing house to house survey using convenience sampling. Data on socio-demographic characters, COVID-19 vaccine awareness, acceptance & non-acceptance was collected.
Results: Overall, out of 384 participants, 227 (59.1%) were having poor or very poor awareness & 157 (40.9%) were having average or above average awareness related to COVID-19 vaccines. Out of 192 slum residents 118 (61.5 %) & out of 192 residents of non-slum 132 (68.8%) were willing to get vaccinated & the difference is not statistically significant. Overall, out of 384 participants of Dharavi 250 (65.1%) were showing vaccine acceptance & 134 (34.9%) participants were showing vaccine hesitancy.
Conclusion: Proportion of awareness & acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine varies & interlinked with socio-demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, religion & area of residency of the study population. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was found to have significant association with awareness.
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abstract = {Background: Vaccine apprehension poses a risk to global public health. Since an enormous global initiative was underway to create a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its acceptance in India. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, acceptance and non-acceptance of current and potential vaccines can aid in the development of strategies to improve the national mass vaccination programme. This study aims to determine vaccine related awareness, acceptance & awareness among Dharavi (Slum & Non-Slum) population of Mumbai for COVID-19 vaccine.
Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Total 384 participants were surveyed, among them 192 were from Dharavi slum & 192 from Dharavi non-slum area. Responses to the questionnaire using Google form was filled in the field itself, by doing house to house survey using convenience sampling. Data on socio-demographic characters, COVID-19 vaccine awareness, acceptance & non-acceptance was collected.
Results: Overall, out of 384 participants, 227 (59.1%) were having poor or very poor awareness & 157 (40.9%) were having average or above average awareness related to COVID-19 vaccines. Out of 192 slum residents 118 (61.5 %) & out of 192 residents of non-slum 132 (68.8%) were willing to get vaccinated & the difference is not statistically significant. Overall, out of 384 participants of Dharavi 250 (65.1%) were showing vaccine acceptance & 134 (34.9%) participants were showing vaccine hesitancy.
Conclusion: Proportion of awareness & acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine varies & interlinked with socio-demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, religion & area of residency of the study population. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was found to have significant association with awareness.},
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author = {Gade, Karan and Vashi, Meeta and Sinha, Anish and Pingle, Shyam and Gomare, Mangala},
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title = {Awareness about COVID-19 vaccine, its acceptance and hesitancy among the urban slum & non-slum population of Dharavi in Mumbai, India},
url = {https://gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscarr/content/awareness-about-covid-19-vaccine-its-acceptance-and-hesitancy-among-urban-slum-non-slum},
volume = 14,
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