TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence, determinants, and reasons for malaria vaccine hesitancy among caregivers of under-five children in Nigeria
T2 - Results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey
AU - Kabir Sulaiman, Sahabi
AU - Isma'il Tsiga-Ahmed, Fatimah
AU - Sale Musa, Muhammad
AU - Kabir Sulaiman, Abdulwahab
AU - Muhammad Dayyab, Farouq
AU - AB Khan, Moien
AU - Idris Ahmad, Saidu
AU - Abasi-okot Akpan, Udoyen
AU - Ibrahim Usman, Ummu Kulthum
AU - Tjjani Bako, Abdulaziz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/2/17
Y1 - 2023/2/17
N2 - Objective: Malaria contributes to an enormous global burden of disease and mortality, especially in children. Approximately one in every four global cases and deaths from malaria occurs in Nigeria. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of community hesitancy to the malaria vaccine, including the reasons for the hesitancy, following the approval of the RTS,S malaria vaccine by the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods: This was a nationwide cross-sectional online survey of Nigerian adults conducted from 20th October to 30th November 2021. Participants who replied ‘no' or ‘maybe’ to a question assessing their willingness to accept the RTS,S malaria vaccine were considered “hesitant”. We fit a multivariate logistic regression model to report the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. Findings: Among 3377 total respondents (1961 [57.86 %] males; mean age [SD]: 30[9.1]), 1010 (29.91 %) were hesitant. Receiving information about the RTS,S malaria vaccine initially from healthcare workers (vs. the internet) (aOR:0.55; 95 % CI:0.35–0.87) was significantly associated with lower odds of hesitancy. Conversely, earning a high income of over NGN100, 000 (vs. < NGN 30,000) per month (aOR: 2.10, 95 % CI: 1.36–3.24), belonging to other religious groups (vs. Islam) (aOR:3.25, 95 % CI:1.18–8.98), and having a family size of more than ten (vs. < 5) (aOR:1.84; 95 % CI:1.08–3.13) were significantly associated with a higher odds of hesitancy. The main reasons for vaccine hesitancy included fear of vaccine adverse effects (34.95 %), availability of other malaria preventive measures (33.96 %) and not seeing the positive effect of the vaccine in others first (32.97 %). Conclusion: The findings of this survey provide a valuable blueprint for the development of targeted interventions to facilitate caregiver acceptance of the RTS,S vaccine.
AB - Objective: Malaria contributes to an enormous global burden of disease and mortality, especially in children. Approximately one in every four global cases and deaths from malaria occurs in Nigeria. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of community hesitancy to the malaria vaccine, including the reasons for the hesitancy, following the approval of the RTS,S malaria vaccine by the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods: This was a nationwide cross-sectional online survey of Nigerian adults conducted from 20th October to 30th November 2021. Participants who replied ‘no' or ‘maybe’ to a question assessing their willingness to accept the RTS,S malaria vaccine were considered “hesitant”. We fit a multivariate logistic regression model to report the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. Findings: Among 3377 total respondents (1961 [57.86 %] males; mean age [SD]: 30[9.1]), 1010 (29.91 %) were hesitant. Receiving information about the RTS,S malaria vaccine initially from healthcare workers (vs. the internet) (aOR:0.55; 95 % CI:0.35–0.87) was significantly associated with lower odds of hesitancy. Conversely, earning a high income of over NGN100, 000 (vs. < NGN 30,000) per month (aOR: 2.10, 95 % CI: 1.36–3.24), belonging to other religious groups (vs. Islam) (aOR:3.25, 95 % CI:1.18–8.98), and having a family size of more than ten (vs. < 5) (aOR:1.84; 95 % CI:1.08–3.13) were significantly associated with a higher odds of hesitancy. The main reasons for vaccine hesitancy included fear of vaccine adverse effects (34.95 %), availability of other malaria preventive measures (33.96 %) and not seeing the positive effect of the vaccine in others first (32.97 %). Conclusion: The findings of this survey provide a valuable blueprint for the development of targeted interventions to facilitate caregiver acceptance of the RTS,S vaccine.
KW - Acceptance/Hesitancy/Refusal
KW - Caregivers of under-five children
KW - Immunization
KW - Malaria
KW - RTS,S malaria vaccine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.060
DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.060
M3 - Article
C2 - 36725434
AN - SCOPUS:85147291623
SN - 0264-410X
VL - 41
SP - 1503
EP - 1512
JO - Vaccine
JF - Vaccine
IS - 8
ER -