International Journal of Disaster Management
Vol 7, No 1 (2024)

Exploring Community Readiness to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccination: A Study from Urban and Rural Areas of Sub-districts in Aceh, Indonesia

Husna, Cut (Unknown)
Salsabila, Diva (Unknown)
Kasih, Laras Cynthia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jul 2024

Abstract

Community readiness to receive the COVID-19 vaccination will determine the government's success in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Community readiness to participate in vaccination is closely related to information on vaccine ingredients (halal) and the positive and negative effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Several factors related to the communitys readiness to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination, namely: confidence, complacency, constraints, calculation, collective responsibility, compliance, and conspiracy. The aim of this study was to identify the differences in community readiness for COVID-19 vaccination in two sub-districts in Aceh, Indonesia. A comparative study with a retrospective design was used in this study. The sampling was 200 people who had carried out the COVID-19 vaccination for two sub-districts. The samples were obtained by using a purposive sampling method. The data were collected using a standardized questionnaire, the 7C Vaccination Readiness Scale Questionnaire. The Mann-Whitney u-test revealed that, generally, the community readiness in two sub-districts to participate in COVID-19 vaccination was different (p=0.003). The sub-scales of community readiness in COVID-19 vaccination of complacency (p=0.003), constraints (p=0.000), calculation (p=0.012), and collective responsibility (p=0.000) showed significant differences. However, no difference in readiness on confidence (p=0.053), compliance (p=0.051), and conspiracy (p=0.419). The results of this study found sociodemographic factors such as religion and belief, highest education level, support systems, and information about the COVID-19 vaccination could be related to the research findings.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJDM

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Subject

Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Social Sciences

Description

The International Journal of Disaster Management (IJDM) is addressing the results of applied research to advance the knowledge in minimizing the potential impact of threats or warnings caused by natural or man-made disasters in a way to reduce the exposure of human activities to risks. IJDM is a ...