To Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Non Professionals Regarding COVID 19 Vaccination A Descriptive Study
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8 (1):
413-416 (February 2024)Abstract
Introduction COVID 19 being emerged as pandemic, caused many severe problems, need to be controlled and prevented by vaccination. Vaccines are designed to develop immunity without the dangers of getting the disease. But vaccine acceptance and hesitancy are the major barrier to control disease outbreak. Poor knowledge is considered responsible for negative attitude and poor vaccine acceptance among individuals. So, assessment of knowledge and attitude is crucial to change their attitude towards administration of COVID 19 Vaccination. Material and methods A quantitative approach with descriptive research design was adopted for 60 non professionals working in selected colleges of BFUHS, Faridkot by convenient sampling techniques. A self structured knowledge questionnaire and self structured 5 point attitude scale were selected to assess the knowledge and attitude of study subjects respectively. Results The study result revealed that 67 40 study subjects had average knowledge, 32 19 had good knowledge and 1 01 had poor towards COVIO 19 vaccination. Whereas, 80 48 non professionals had positive attitude and 20 12 had negative attitude towards vaccination. Harmeet Kaur | Jasmine Kaur | Kushanpreet Kaur | Manpreet Kaur Pandher "To Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Non-Professionals Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination: A Descriptive Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd63424.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/63424/to-assess-the-knowledge-and-attitude-of-nonprofessionals-regarding-covid19-vaccination-a-descriptive-study/harmeet-kaur