%0 Journal Article %1 karan_gade_2023_7928076 %A Gade, Karan %A Vashi, Meeta %A Sinha, Anish %A Pingle, Shyam %A Gomare, Mangala %D 2023 %J GSC Advanced Research and Reviews %K COVID-19 %N 2 %P 031–038 %R 10.30574/gscarr.2023.14.2.0046 %T Awareness about COVID-19 vaccine, its acceptance and hesitancy among the urban slum & non-slum population of Dharavi in Mumbai, India %U https://gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscarr/content/awareness-about-covid-19-vaccine-its-acceptance-and-hesitancy-among-urban-slum-non-slum %V 14 %X Background: Vaccine apprehension poses a risk to global public health. Since an enormous global initiative was underway to create a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its acceptance in India. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, acceptance and non-acceptance of current and potential vaccines can aid in the development of strategies to improve the national mass vaccination programme. This study aims to determine vaccine related awareness, acceptance & awareness among Dharavi (Slum & Non-Slum) population of Mumbai for COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Total 384 participants were surveyed, among them 192 were from Dharavi slum & 192 from Dharavi non-slum area. Responses to the questionnaire using Google form was filled in the field itself, by doing house to house survey using convenience sampling. Data on socio-demographic characters, COVID-19 vaccine awareness, acceptance & non-acceptance was collected. Results: Overall, out of 384 participants, 227 (59.1%) were having poor or very poor awareness & 157 (40.9%) were having average or above average awareness related to COVID-19 vaccines. Out of 192 slum residents 118 (61.5 %) & out of 192 residents of non-slum 132 (68.8%) were willing to get vaccinated & the difference is not statistically significant. Overall, out of 384 participants of Dharavi 250 (65.1%) were showing vaccine acceptance & 134 (34.9%) participants were showing vaccine hesitancy. Conclusion: Proportion of awareness & acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine varies & interlinked with socio-demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, religion & area of residency of the study population. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was found to have significant association with awareness.

@article{karan_gade_2023_7928076, abstract = {Background: Vaccine apprehension poses a risk to global public health. Since an enormous global initiative was underway to create a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about its acceptance in India. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, acceptance and non-acceptance of current and potential vaccines can aid in the development of strategies to improve the national mass vaccination programme. This study aims to determine vaccine related awareness, acceptance & awareness among Dharavi (Slum & Non-Slum) population of Mumbai for COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Total 384 participants were surveyed, among them 192 were from Dharavi slum & 192 from Dharavi non-slum area. Responses to the questionnaire using Google form was filled in the field itself, by doing house to house survey using convenience sampling. Data on socio-demographic characters, COVID-19 vaccine awareness, acceptance & non-acceptance was collected. Results: Overall, out of 384 participants, 227 (59.1%) were having poor or very poor awareness & 157 (40.9%) were having average or above average awareness related to COVID-19 vaccines. Out of 192 slum residents 118 (61.5 %) & out of 192 residents of non-slum 132 (68.8%) were willing to get vaccinated & the difference is not statistically significant. Overall, out of 384 participants of Dharavi 250 (65.1%) were showing vaccine acceptance & 134 (34.9%) participants were showing vaccine hesitancy. Conclusion: Proportion of awareness & acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine varies & interlinked with socio-demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, religion & area of residency of the study population. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was found to have significant association with awareness.}, added-at = {2023-07-14T07:51:46.000+0200}, author = {Gade, Karan and Vashi, Meeta and Sinha, Anish and Pingle, Shyam and Gomare, Mangala}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c90f7ec1d43a7e3b56c9369543453494/gscarrjournal}, doi = {10.30574/gscarr.2023.14.2.0046}, interhash = {0203a2914a49290a382aae5621156d7c}, intrahash = {c90f7ec1d43a7e3b56c9369543453494}, issn = {2581-3250}, journal = {GSC Advanced Research and Reviews}, keywords = {COVID-19}, month = feb, number = 2, pages = {031–038}, timestamp = {2023-07-14T07:51:46.000+0200}, title = {Awareness about COVID-19 vaccine, its acceptance and hesitancy among the urban slum & non-slum population of Dharavi in Mumbai, India}, url = {https://gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscarr/content/awareness-about-covid-19-vaccine-its-acceptance-and-hesitancy-among-urban-slum-non-slum}, volume = 14, year = 2023 }