Abstract:
Background: Globally it is anticipated that vaccination of the population with effective and
safe vaccine would prevent the transmission of COVID 19 virus among community. The
community has a low level of trust in vaccine efficacy and high hesitancy. However, the
evidence from some studies around the world report determinants of COVID 19 vaccine
acceptance variation from place to place. Little known is about the determinants of Covid-19
Vaccine acceptance in Gambella region, southwest Ethiopia
Objective: To assess the determinants of covid-19 vaccine acceptance the age of 12 years old
and above in Gambella town, south west Ethiopia.
Methods: Cross sectional study design was conducted. Case was a participant who is eligible
for COVID 19 vaccination and Control was a participant who is not eligible for COVID 19
vaccination and living in the area for the last six months prior to study. The total Sample Size
is 266 individuals (90 vaccine acceptance and 176 non vaccine acceptance). Study participants
were selected by using Multi-stage sampling techniques. An interviewer administered to face
to face structured questionnaire which is adapted from studies done on similar topics were used
to collected data. The data were entered and cleaned using Epi data version 3.1. Analyzed by
using SPSS version 25. Variables that had a P-value < 0.25 in the bivariate logistic regression
analysis were entered into a multivariable logistic regression model. Finally, p-value < 0.05 was
used to claim statistical significance.
Result: The mean and standard deviation (± SD) of 29.60 and ± 13.46 for Cases and 31.48
and 14.51 for Controls respectively. Vaccinated against any disease (AOR=1.114, 95% CI:
(0.443-2.80) were found to be the determinants for Covid-19 vaccine acceptance.
Conclusion: Most of the factors influencing covid-19 vaccine acceptance have been shown to
be controllable. Thus, it is planning to address hesitancy of covid-19 vaccine acceptance and
increase the awareness of vaccinated against any disease, are recommended.
