Underlying factors in the willingness to receive and barriers to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among residents in the UK and Nigeria: a qualitative study

Ogueji, Ifeanyichukwu Anthony; Okoloba, Maia Makeda

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02498-6

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“…These findings clarify some of the earlier work on religiosity and HPV [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 21 ] by taking a two-step approach to how religiosity affects vaccination intent. We explored how religiosity impacts other factors that lead to vaccination decision making, specifically in the context of Christianity in America.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The reported vaccination rates for young adults are even lower than adolescents. The US department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that, in the United States, less than half of young adults (ages [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] have received an HPV vaccine dose, and only 22% have completed a vaccine series [11]. HPV vaccination rates are increasing in teenagers but still fall below the vaccination target of 80%.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of Religious Practice and Teachings about Sexual Behavior on Intent to Vaccinate against Human Papillomavirus

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Most infections are mild and clear without treatment in 1 to 2 years. Some HPV strains result in persistent infection, which can cause various cancers, including cervical, penile, anal, mouth, and throat cancers. Vaccines have been developed that provide protection against the highest risk HPV strains. Despite HPV vaccines having been proven to be safe and effective, uptake has been low. Religiosity has been negatively correlated with HPV vaccine uptake in some studies. It is hypothesized that religiosity and Christian religious affiliation could impact parents’ decision to vaccinate their children against HPV via teachings and beliefs about sexual behaviors. A survey was distributed to participants to determine what factors, including religiosity and views about sex, impacted HPV vaccination. The survey results (n = 442) were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and univariate factor analysis. The association between religious practice and vaccine attitudes were complex, with religious practice slightly positively correlated with pro-vaccine attitudes and vaccine knowledge, but also with the belief that religious adherence to expectations surrounding sexual behavior will protect children from HPV infection, as well as more negative views towards vaccines, in general.

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Effects of Religious Practice and Teachings about Sexual Behavior on Intent to Vaccinate against Human Papillomavirus

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“…Following the quantitative and qualitative data analyses, the results from both strands were integrated. Both authors conducted the data analyses of this study and we both had expertise in conducting data analyses in health and psychological research (e.g., Ogueji, 2021 ; Ogueji & Okoloba, 2022 ; Ogueji et al, 2021a , 2021b ; Okoloba et al, 2020 ). Our qualitative strand was in keeping with the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies (COREQ; Booth et al, 2014 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, many a time, socio-political forces (e.g., history of racism, membership to the low socioeconomic group, etc.) contribute to inequalities in the healthcare system among Black family members, and this has associations with poor professional help-seeking behaviors (Cénat, 2020 ; Cloos & Bilsen, 2021 ), and poor health outcomes for Black family members (Blom et al, 2016 ; Ogueji & Okoloba, 2022 ), unlike White people and Black people in higher socioeconomic groups who may experience less of this (Levine et al, 2016 ).…”

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Seeking Professional Help for Mental Illness: A Mixed-Methods Study of Black Family Members in the UK and Nigeria

Ogueji

Okoloba

2022

Psychol Stud

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Seeking professional help for mental illness is a limited practice among Black family members in low and middle socioeconomic groups in the United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria. Guided by the theory of planned behavior, we explored some factors restricting professional help-seeking practices among the target groups. This mixed-methods study recruited a heterogeneous sample of 105 ( ranging from 19–64 years) UK and Nigerian Black family members in low or middle socioeconomic groups. Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire and open-ended questions. Collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics (version 22.0) and thematic analysis. There was no statistically significant difference in professional help-seeking behavior among the UK and Nigerian Black family members in low and middle socioeconomic groups [ F (3, 83) = 1.13; p > .05]. The qualitative data analysis revealed that respondents were limited from professional help-seeking due to high consultation fees to see a mental health professional, perceived accessibility to mental health services within their various locations, stigmatization and socio-cultural factors (such as, “The perception that a man should be strong” or “Mental health isn’t as important as physical health”), concerns about the safety of information shared during professional help-seeking or therapy sessions, poor knowledge about mental health services, long waiting time to see a professional in face-to-face therapy, and risk of contracting the infectious disease in the hospital setting. Implications of findings for theory and practice and direction for future research are thus discussed.

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“…Mistrust and concerns about side effects may have played an important role in the people’s willingness to receive a vaccine. In addition, the unavailability of vaccines in certain locations and restrictions favoring predominantly high-risk groups could have been barriers that limited vaccination [ 11 ]. In Ukraine, only 35.7% of the population had received two doses of the vaccine by late February 2022 when the war began, a much lower proportion than the average reported for European Union nations (71%) [ 6 , 12 ].…”

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Cascading Risks for Preventable Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents during the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

Maggioni

Zamora

Maggioni

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine triggered the mass displacement of two-thirds of Ukrainian children and adolescents, creating a cascade of population health consequences and producing extraordinary challenges for monitoring and controlling preventable pediatric infectious diseases. From the onset of the war, infectious disease surveillance and healthcare systems were severely disrupted. Prior to the reestablishment of dependable infectious disease surveillance systems, and during the early months of the conflict, our international team of pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, and population health scientists assessed the health implications for child and adolescent populations. The invasion occurred just as the COVID-19 Omicron surge was peaking throughout Europe and Ukrainian children had not received COVID-19 vaccines. In addition, vaccine coverage for multiple vaccine-preventable diseases, most notably measles, was alarmingly low as Ukrainian children and adolescents were forced to migrate from their home communities, living precariously as internally displaced persons inside Ukraine or streaming into European border nations as refugees. The incursion created immediate impediments in accessing HIV treatment services, aimed at preventing serial transmission from HIV-positive persons to adolescent sexual or drug-injection partners and to prevent vertical transmission from HIV-positive pregnant women to their newborns. The war also led to new-onset, conflict-associated, preventable infectious diseases in children and adolescents. First, children and adolescents were at risk of wound infections from medical trauma sustained during bombardment and other acts of war. Second, young people were at risk of sexually transmitted infections resulting from sexual assault perpetrated by invading Russian military personnel on youth trapped in occupied territories or from sexual assault perpetrated on vulnerable youth attempting to migrate to safety. Given the cascading risks that Ukrainian children and adolescents faced in the early months of the war—and will likely continue to face—infectious disease specialists and pediatricians are using their international networks to assist refugee-receiving host nations to improve infectious disease screening and interventions.

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Underlying factors in the willingness to receive and barriers to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among residents in the UK and Nigeria: a qualitative study

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Effects of Religious Practice and Teachings about Sexual Behavior on Intent to Vaccinate against Human Papillomavirus

Effects of Religious Practice and Teachings about Sexual Behavior on Intent to Vaccinate against Human Papillomavirus

Seeking Professional Help for Mental Illness: A Mixed-Methods Study of Black Family Members in the UK and Nigeria

Cascading Risks for Preventable Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents during the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

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