Open AccessAssessment of Knowledge, Perception and Perceived Stress towards COVID-19 Vaccination among People in Selected Community of West Bengal
Author(s) -
Aditi Karmakar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of science and healthcare research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7587
DOI - 10.52403/ijshr.20220137
Subject(s) - vaccination , pandemic , perception , disease , covid-19 , population , risk perception , medicine , psychology , family medicine , environmental health , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , neuroscience
In human, various types of Coronaviruses causes serious problem. In early March, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. COVID-19 is a new strain of Coronavirus and scientists are still collecting information and conducting research on the virus. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to protect the population from COVID-19 infection and several vaccines have been approved against the disease globally. But, the knowledge, perception and perceived stress towards COVID-19 vaccination among general community people are very poorly understood. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the knowledge, perception and perceived stress towards COVID-19 vaccination among selected community people in West Bengal and it is observed that 66.75% people had moderate knowledge, 98.75% people had positive perception and 66.25% had moderate stress towards COVID -19 vaccination.Keywords: Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Vaccination, Knowledge, Perception, Perceived stress, Community people.