Sociocultural and Institutional Determinants of Adherence to Covid-19 Vaccination among Health Personnel of the Cite Verte Health District Yaounde Cameroon

Authors

  • Junior Alapa Nkwate Chefor Catholic University of Central Africa, School of Health Sciences Messa, Yaounde 1110, Cameroon a Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, 500 First Street NW, Washington DC 20002
  • Julienne Louise Ngo Likeng Catholic University of Central Africa, School of Health Sciences Messa, Yaounde 1110, Cameroon a Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, 500 First Street NW, Washington DC 20002
  • Sonia Ade Lum Catholic University of Central Africa, School of Health Sciences Messa, Yaounde 1110, Cameroon a Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, 500 First Street NW, Washington DC 20002

Keywords:

sociocultural determinants, institutional determinants, adherence, Covid-19 vaccination, health personnel, Cité-verte health district Yaoundé Cameroon

Abstract

The novel corona virus pandemic has succeeded in ravaging millions throughout the world. In order to find solutions to their health problems, people suffering from one disease or symptoms of a disease, often turn to different routes for different reasons. They usually do so in order to attain the best possible treatment for their health problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), collective immunity against the Covid-19 virus is supposed to be obtained by vaccination and not from exposing one another to the pathogenic agent responsible for the disease [1]. Vaccines are therefore an essential weapon in the fight against Covid-19, to break the chain of viral transmission and ensure herd or group immunity. The aim of this study was to analyze the sociocultural and institutional determinants of adherence to Covid-19 vaccination among health personnel of the Cite-verte health district. To do this, we used a mixed prospective study (both qualitative and quantitative) for descriptive and analytical purposes. Data was collected among 247 health personnel using structured questionnaires and 08 in-depth interviews using an interview guide. Analysis revealed that 69,6% of health personnel do not have confidence in the various vaccines available. Institutional influence, vaccine confidence and experience of vaccine stock out significantly has an influence on adherence to Covid-19 vaccination at the 5% level. Everything else being equal, health personnel are 37.69 [(95%, 10.04-101.58, P-value=0.000)] times more likely to be fully vaccinated than unvaccinated when the hospital requires them to. In addition, though vaccine confidence [95%, 5,33-33,96, P-value=0,000] influences on being completely vaccinated, vaccine stock out also has a role to play in limiting complete vaccination [95%, 1,79-17,88; P-value=0,005]. Health personnel are aware of the importance of getting vaccinated, but rumors, lack of confidence and vaccine stock out greatly impacts on adherence.

 Emphasis should therefore be placed on extending sensitization and communication strategies in order to pass the right messages on matters of Covid-19 vaccination.

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2022-11-28

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Junior Alapa Nkwate Chefor, Julienne Louise Ngo Likeng, & Sonia Ade Lum. (2022). Sociocultural and Institutional Determinants of Adherence to Covid-19 Vaccination among Health Personnel of the Cite Verte Health District Yaounde Cameroon. International Journal of Formal Sciences: Current and Future Research Trends, 15(1), 211–229. Retrieved from https://ijfscfrtjournal.isrra.org/index.php/Formal_Sciences_Journal/article/view/733

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