Determinant Factors of COVID-19 Vaccination Participation at Ndetundora Health Center, Ende, East Nusa Tenggara

Hafaf Lutfiani Sani (Faculty of Public Health, Univeristas Nusa Cendana, Indonesia)
Muntasir (Faculty of Public Health, University of Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia)
Tadeus A. L. Regaletha (Study Program of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Indonesia)

Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2023)

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the major public health problems today and the whole country is experiencing a pandemic. Vaccination is the government's effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The coverage of COVID-19 vaccination at the Ndetundora Health Center in 2021 is still low, namely as much as 14.80% for dose 1 and 7.04% for dose 2, then in 2022 the vaccination coverage will increase quite high, namely 75.16% for dose 1 and 53.23% for dose 2. The purpose of this study was to find out the public's interest in taking the COVID-19 vaccination in the working area of the Ndetundora Health Center, Ende Regency in 2022.
Subjects and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Ndetun­dora Health Center, Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, from September to October 2022. A total of 243 people were selected for this study. The dependent variable was the public's interest in taking the COVID-19 vaccination. The independent variables are age, gender, education, occupation, knowledge, attitude, community motivation and public communication. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using Chi-square.
Results: The results showed that someone with higher education increased their interest in taking the COVID-19 vaccination by 0.38 times compared to people with low education, and the results were statistically significant (OR= 0.38; 95% CI= 0.21 to 0.69; p= 0.001). Someone with motivation High motivation increase interest in taking the COVID-19 vaccination by 49.5 times compared to those with low motivation (OR = 49.5; 9% CI = 21.49 to 114.16; p < 0.001), good public communication will increase public interest in taking the COVID-19 vaccination 2.74 times compared to poor public communication (OR= 2.74; 95% CI= 1.20 to 6.25; p= 0.014).
Conclusion: Education, knowledge, attitudes, community motivation, and public communication have a significant effect on participation in the COVID-19 vaccination.
Keywords: public interest, vaccination, COVID-19.
Correspondence:
Hafaf Luthfianti Sani. Study Program of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana. Jl. Adisucipto, Penfui, Kupang, 85001, East Nusa Tenggara. Email:  hafafsani16­@­gmail.­com. Mobile: [phone].