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. 2023 Dec 31;19(1):2208016.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2208016.

Covid-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health science University students in northeastern Ethiopia, a cross-sectional study

Assefa Andargie  1 , Segenet Zewdie  2
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Covid-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health science University students in northeastern Ethiopia, a cross-sectional study

Assefa Andargie et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health science students at Wollo University, Northeast Ethiopia. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 health science students at Wollo University from 1 to 15 July, 2022. The data was collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire and analysis was performed using SPSS version 26. Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR), with 95% CI and p-value <.05 were used to declare factors significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake. The prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine uptake was 23.3% (95% CI: 19.2, 27.4). Being in the age category of 22-25 years old (AOR = 0.392, 95% CI (0.197, 0.780)), being >25 years old (AOR = 0.253, 95% CI (0.086, 0.741)), have a known disease (AOR = 0.202, 95% CI (0.044, 0.935)), source of income is self (AOR = 2.504, 95% CI (1.104, 5.677)) and screened for COVID-19 disease (AOR = 4.278, 95 % CI (2.418, 7.570)) before are significantly associated with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. In conclusion, majority of the respondents didn't take COVID-19 vaccine with age greater than 22 years and have a known disease found to be negative predictors of COVID-19 disease.

Keywords: Covid-19; associated factors; health science students; uptake; vaccine.

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