Minhazul Abedin|Mohammad Aminul Islam|Farah Naz Rahman|Hasan Mahmud Reza|Mohammad Zakir Hossain|Mohammad Anwar Hossain|Adittya Arefin|Ahmed Hossain
Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 among Bangladeshi adults: Understanding the strategies to optimize vaccination coverage
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh|North South University|North South University|North South University
although approved covid19 vaccine shown safe effective mass vaccination bangladeshi people remains challenge vaccination effort study provided empirical evidence willingness vaccinate sociodemographic clinical regional differences bangladeshi adultsthis crosssectional analysis household survey 3646 adults aged 18 years older conducted 8 districts bangladesh december 12 2020 january 7 2021 multinomial regression examined impact sociodemographic clinical healthcarereleated factors hesitancy reluctance vaccination covid19of 3646 respondents 2212 men 607 mean sd age 374 139 years 746 reported willingness vaccinate covid19 safe effective vaccine available without fee 85 reluctant vaccinate minimum fee 465 respondents showed intent vaccinate among respondents 168 reported adequate adherence health safety regulations 355 reported high confidence countrys healthcare system covid19 vaccine refusal significantly high elderly rural semiurban slum communities farmers daylaborers homemakers loweducated group low confidence countrys healthcare system also prevalence vaccine hesitancy high elderly population loweducated group daylaborers people chronic diseases people low confidence countrys healthcare systema high prevalence vaccine refusal hesitancy observed rural people slum dwellers bangladesh rural community slum dwellers low literacy level low adherence health safety regulations low confidence healthcare system ongoing appbased registration vaccination increased hesitancy reluctancy loweducated group rural semiurban slum people outreach centers vaccination established ensure vaccines nearby availability limit associated travel costs rural areas community health workers valued communityleaders nongovernmental organizations utilized motivate educate people vaccination covid19 emphasis given elderly diseased people tailored health messages assurance healthcare professionals media may play responsible role vaccine education program eliminate social stigma vaccination finally vaccination continued without fee thus bangladeshs covid vaccination program become model low middleincome countries