Prevalence and Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Adult Population in Northern Uganda. A Cross-Sectional Study

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Background:  When COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Uganda in March of 2021, there was inadequate information on vaccine acceptance in the population due to many factors, but mainlydue to misinformation and disinformation circulating in Ugandan media. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among adult population in northern Uganda.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 723-adult populations in northern Uganda from March to April of 2022. Participants were selected by systematic sampling from twenty-four health facilities in Acholi sub-region. SPSS version 25.0 was used for data analysis at multivariable regression analysis and a p-value

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

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This work did not receive any external funding.

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    NLM Code: WC 515

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    v1.0

  • Issue date

    08 August 2023

  • Language

    en

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