Factors influencing knowledge, attitude, and behavior on COVID-19 vaccination program in Indonesia | ||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 August 2024 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2024.302858.2064 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Brigitta Harla1; Maria Mardalena Martini Kaisar2; Soegianto Ali* 3 | ||
| 1School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| 2Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| 3Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Vaccination has been one of the globally used efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19 disease, including in Indonesia. The rising number of false rumours has been a challenge for the COVID-19 booster vaccination program in Indonesia. From this perspective, it is important for the community to have adequate knowledge and a positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine. This study aimed to analyse the factors that influence the community’s knowledge, attitude, and behaviour toward the COVID-19 vaccination program among Indonesians. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using an online survey form distributed through social media using a snowball sampling method, responded by 595 participants during the period between June and August 2021. The survey assessed factors that influence Indonesian adults’ knowledge about COVID-19 and factors that influence their attitude toward COVID-19 vaccination. Results: A total of 576 out of 595 filled-in questionnaires were eligible for analysis. Among respondents, 85.4% already received mandatory vaccination programs in their childhood, and almost half of them also received additional non-mandatory vaccine programs. Almost all of the respondents expressed a positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccination program. Conclusions: The Indonesian community in general had adequate knowledge and a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination. Those factors significantly influenced the attitude and affected their behaviour toward acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination and its future vaccination booster program. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Self-reported online questionnaire; influencing factors; false rumours; knowledge attitude and behaviour; COVID-19 vaccine | ||
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