Vaccine Adherence and Behavioral Changes of Adults Regarding Prevention of COVID-19: A Community Survey Using the Theory of Planned Behavior

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal of Population and Social Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI:10.25133/jpssv322024.010

Md. Nazmul Haque, Muhammed Ashraful Alam, Shuvashis Saha, Suphawadee Panthumas, Afrin Ahmed Clara, Md. Parvez Iqbal Sharif

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Abstract

Considering the current context of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, people should equally comply with both vaccines and non-therapeutic health protective behaviors. This study investigated public adherence to vaccination, behavioral changes against COVID-19, and their determinants in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The study was conducted during March and April 2022 among 940 Bangladeshi adults selected by multi-stage sampling, and data were collected through face-to-face interviews using questionnaires. Significant determinants and their relationships were described through hierarchical regression and structural equation modeling (SEM) based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Nearly half of the subjects (48.2%) showed poor vaccine adherence and COVID-19 prevention practices. During the pandemic crisis, the majority of the respondents (86.7%) used face masks, but only 12.7% of the respondents used them regularly. Less than half (44.9%) received COVID-19 vaccines regularly. Along with some sociodemographic factors, knowledge (p < .001), attitude (p < .01), and intention (p < .001) regarding COVID-19 prevention were significant in predicting vaccine adherence and healthy practices in a hierarchical regression. Self-control was highly significant in SEM, showing the highest effect (p < .001). Policies based on the TPB model could be adopted to improve preventive behaviors against COVID-19.

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成人预防COVID-19疫苗依从性和行为改变:基于计划行为理论的社区调查

考虑到2019冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行的当前背景，人们应该同样遵守疫苗接种和非治疗性健康保护行为。本研究调查了大流行期间孟加拉国公众对疫苗接种的依从性、针对COVID-19的行为变化及其决定因素。本研究于2022年3月至4月进行，采用多阶段抽样的方法，选取940名孟加拉国成年人，通过面对面访谈的方式收集数据。基于计划行为理论，通过层次回归和结构方程模型(SEM)描述了重要决定因素及其相互关系。近一半(48.2%)的受试者表现出较差的疫苗依从性和COVID-19预防措施。在大流行危机期间，大多数答复者(86.7%)使用口罩，但只有12.7%的答复者经常使用口罩。不到一半(44.9%)的人定期接种COVID-19疫苗。加上一些社会人口因素，知识(p <.001)，态度(p <.01)，意图(p <.001)在分层回归中预测疫苗依从性和健康习惯方面具有显著意义。自我控制在扫描电镜上非常显著，表现出最高的效果(p <措施)。可以采用基于TPB模型的策略来改善COVID-19的预防行为。

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Journal of Population and Social Studies Social Sciences-Anthropology

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期刊介绍： Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) is an open access peer-reviewed journal that is published by the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) has ceased its hard copy publication in 2013, became an online only journal since 2014 and currently publishes 4 issues per year. Yet, Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) continues to be a free* of charge journal for publication. Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) welcomes contributions from the fields of demography, population studies and other related disciplines including health sciences, sociology, anthropology, population economics, population geography, human ecology, political science, statistics, and methodological issues. The subjects of articles range from population and family changes, population ageing, sexuality, gender, reproductive health, population and environment, population and health, migration, urbanization and Labour, determinants and consequences of population changes to social and behavioral aspects of population. Our aim is to provide a platform for the researchers, academicians, professional, practitioners and graduate students from all around the world to share knowledge on the empirical and theoretical research papers, case studies, literature reviews and book reviews that are of interest to the academic community, policy-makers and practitioners.