Knowledge attitude and perception about COVID-19 vaccines among nursing and midwifery students of Holy Family NMTC, Berekum

Abstract

The study assessed the knowledge attitude and perception about COVID-19 vaccines among nursing and midwifery students of Holy Family NMTC, Berekum. Descriptive study design was adopted for the study. The sample population was obtained using convenience sampling technique. A total of 150 students were sampled for the study. The data for the study was collected by administering structured questionnaire to the participants. Data was analyzed using Microsoft excel software and presented in the form of tables or figures. The study found that almost all 87 (98.9%) the respondents indicated they have heard of COVID-19 vaccination. Over half 46 (52.3%) of the respondents indicated that their main source of information was the internet and social media followed by television/radio 38 (43.2%), newspapers 2 (2.3%) and friends and relatives 2 (2.3%). Majority (80.7%) of the respondents agreed that COVID 19 vaccines are effective, majority (83%) of the respondents agreed that people being vaccinated can start to do normal activities. Majority 54 (64.8%) of the respondents said they feared COVID-19 vaccines followed by 34.1% who said they did not fear the vaccines. Nearly fifty percent 43 (48.9%) of the respondents said they are not at high risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.The study recommended that the government of Ghana must continue to educate the public and communities that vaccines are safe, that they are effective and that they are still required even after a COVID-19 infection.The study concluded that Respondents had good knowledge about COVID-19 vaccination. The main source of information from most respondents on COVID-19 vaccination was the internet and social media. Attitude towards COVID-19 Vaccination was pleasing as most of the respondents had vaccinated against COVID-19