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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
<journal-title-group>
<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">49</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2021.2104</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Epidemiology / Public Health</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>Readiness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine of General Population, Healthcare Workers and Medical Students in Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alnemari</surname>
<given-names>Reem</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Aljohani</surname>
<given-names>Omar</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alnemari</surname>
<given-names>Abdulrahman</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Awaji</surname>
<given-names>Mishal</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alali</surname>
<given-names>Abdullah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Almarshoud</surname>
<given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alzahrani</surname>
<given-names>Khalid</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Abualamah</surname>
<given-names>Wajd</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>30</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>-0001</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>20</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the healthcare system, economy, and social life worldwide. Much effort has been made to develop a COVID-19 vaccine to control the pandemic. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the factors that cause uncertainty about vaccination against COVID-19. The study aims to assess readiness to receive COVID-19 vaccination among the general population, healthcare workers, and medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in King Abdulaziz Hospital, East Jeddah General Hospital, and King Fahad General Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in June–August 2021. An online self-administered questionnaire in Google Form was distributed among healthcare workers and hospital visitors. Participants were selected via a convenient non-probability sampling technique. Data analysis was performed using SPSS.
Results: A total of 300 participants were included in this study. More than half of the respondents were aged 18 to 25 years. Although almost 14% of our participants were not vaccinated, 82.9% of them were willing to get vaccinated. Approximately half of the respondents thought that COVID-19 vaccine is protective, and 18.7% thought it is not protective; 39% of the respondents were afraid of the side effects of the vaccine. Medical professionals and social media were the primary sources of information. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was found to be preferred by 81% of the respondents. A significant difference in readiness was observed between different nationalities (P=0.018): Saudi nationals (86.8%) showed a higher level of readiness to get vaccinated than non-Saudi nationals (33.3%).
Conclusion: Overall, a multifaceted approach is needed to increase vaccine awareness. Therefore, further research is recommended to consider the scope of readiness for COVID19 vaccination to build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine effort.
</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd>COVID-19 Infection</kwd>
<kwd> COVID-19 Vaccination</kwd>
<kwd> Vaccine Acceptance</kwd>
<kwd> Readiness</kwd>
<kwd> Medical students</kwd>
<kwd> Healthcare workers</kwd>
<kwd> Saudi Arabia</kwd>
</kwd-group>
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