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    Associated factors among health care workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
    (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, 2021-11-09) Chikhoza, Angella Joseph
    The type of research study This is a quantitative, descriptive cross sectional study. The Problem The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality rates worldwide; and this forced scientists to develop COVID-19 vaccine within one year. HCWs are at high risk of contracting the COVID-19 due to nature of their work. Furthermore, HCWs were among the priority groups to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Before COVID-19 vaccination program was rolled out, some studies were conducted to assess the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs in other countries, such as United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK). Research showed that majority of HCWs were hesitant to receive the vaccine; their concerns centered on short and long term side effects. Furthermore, since COVID-19 vaccination program was rolled out, there has been misinformation among the general population on COVID-19 vaccine and its side effects. Study Objectives The main objective To determine factors associated with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs at QECH in Blantyre, Malawi. The specific objectives are To determine the proportion of HCWs that received COVID-19 vaccine at QECH in Blantyre, Malawi. To identify social-economic factors associated with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs at QECH. Methodology The study participants will be clinical HCWs which includes; nurses, clinicians, doctors and physiotherapy personell; Non clinical HCWs includes; pharmacy, laboratory personell, radiologists and hospital attendants. They will be recruited from the following departments at QECH; COVID-19 isolation units, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), High Dependency Respiratory Unit (HDRU),male and female medical (3B and 4A), male and female surgical (5A and 5B), Accidents and Emergency (A and E), Adult Emergency and Trauma Centre (AETC), orthopedic, gynaecological, Chatinkha nursery, peadiatric Moyo, Peadiatric Special Care Ward (PSCW), postnatal, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and physiotherapy. Expected results and dissemination Lack of adequate knowledge on COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs may result to suboptimal uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. If true, the study results will inform in strategy/ policy making to optimize the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine and of future pandemics. The study results will be presented using tables, graphs and charts. The study findings will be disseminated to study participants, QECH, Ministry of Health (MOH) and College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee (COMREC) among others. The researcher will also attend local conferences to disseminate the study results.