AWARENESS AND PREFERENCE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS COVID-19 VACCINE IN UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR

Abstract

A Descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the awareness and preference of students towards Covid-19 vaccine, University of Calabar. A total of 358 students from the Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar were sampled through simple random sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using frequencies, percentage, charts and means. The hypothesis was tested for significance at 0.05 level of significance, using the Chi-square (X2) analysis. The findings of the study revealed that 51.1% of the study participants expressed high awareness towards COVID-19 vaccine whereas 48.9% demonstrated low awareness. 54.7% exhibited positive preference toward the covid-19 vaccination, while 45.3% showed negative preference. There is no statistical influence between age and knowledge of covid-19 vaccine among students in University of Calabar .There is no statistical influence between year of study and attitude of students towards covid19 vaccine in University of Calabar. Findings reveal that study participants were aware of covid-19 vaccine perhaps could not utilize because of fear of complications.