An Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Rural Communities Towards Covid-19 Vaccination Programme. A Case Study of Munangarwa Village, Gutu, Masvingo
- Author
- Chando, Blessing
- Title
- An Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Rural Communities Towards Covid-19 Vaccination Programme. A Case Study of Munangarwa Village, Gutu, Masvingo
- Abstract
- COVID-19 is one of the most horrible pandemic that has been experienced ever in the world. The study was motivated by the increasing death toll and the unacceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination programme due to low knowledge levels. The study has three objectives which are, to determine the level of knowledge about COVID-19 by the community members in Munangarwa village, to assess the level of knowledge about COVID-19 vaccination programme among the community members in Munangarwa village and to explore the views of the community members in Munangarwa village towards the COVID-19 vaccination programme. The study used the Health Belief Model which was pioneered by Irwin Rosenstock, Godfrey Hochbaum, Stephen Kegeles and Howard Leventhal. The HBM was used as a theoretical framework for explaining and predicting individual changes in health behaviours. The research approach for the study was in a qualitative methodology. The study used in-depth interviews and key informant interviews to gather information about the knowledge levels and attitudes of people in Munangarwa village. The researcher used a phenomenology design and also employed simple random sampling technique. The study revealed out that the people had some knowledge about COVID-19 which included knowledge on causes, sign and symptoms as well as prevention and control. The study also found out that people has little knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccination programme and that influences their attitudes in health promoting behaviours. The researcher also found out that the views of people towards the COVID-19 vaccination programme were due to misinformation as well as fear due to low knowledge levels. In this study, recommendations were also made so that the government, health services providers, social workers and the community itself will enhance their efforts in advancing the knowledge levels of people in rural communities.
- Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Knowledge and attitudes
- Covid-19
- Supervisor
- N/A
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
