Ankara İli Mamak İlçe Sağlık Müdürlüğü'ndeki Filyasyon Ekibi Çalışanları ile Mamak İlçesinde Bir Mahallede Yaşayan Erişkinlerdeki COVID-19 Aşı Tereddütünün Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

ABSTRACT Ersoy Şen B., Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Adults Living in a Neighborhood in Mamak District with Filiation Team Workers in Ankara Province Mamak District Health Directorate, Public Health Specialization Thesis, Ankara, 2023. This study was conducted between March and April 2021 in Ankara's Mamak District. It is planned to investigate the reasons behind COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, vaccination intentions, attitudes towards vaccination, and associated factors among adults living in a neighbourhood in Mamak, with the assistance of district filiation teams. The study is a cross-sectional epidemiological study. A data collection form consisting of 83 questions was used for data collection. A total of 316 filiation workers and 310 neighbourhood residents participated in the research. Among the participating filiation workers, 81.6% reported being vaccinated against COVID-19, 7.6% were undecided, 7.3% were probably not, and 1.3% definitely did not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In the neighbourhood community, 20.3% reported receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, 65.2% definitely intended to get vaccinated, 6.8% probably intended to get vaccinated, 4.8% were undecided, and 1.9% probably did not intend to get vaccinated, while 1% definitely did not. The percentage of above-average scores in the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy questions was 31.6% for the neighbourhood community and 49.1% for the filiation team. The top three reasons for vaccine hesitancy were fear of side effects, concerns about insufficient vaccine efficacy, and thinking that vaccine efficacy will be short-lived, among filiation workers; and thinking that vaccine efficacy will be short-lived, lack of knowledge about vaccines and distrust in the country of vaccine origin, among neighbourhood residents. The regression analysis showed that COVID-19 vaccination among filiation workers was associated with being vaccinated against COVID-19, age, fear of coronavirus, and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine, while in the neighbourhood, it was associated with gender, having a child, being vaccinated against flu, following COVID-19 news closely, and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine and compliance with coronavirus protection measures.