AUTHOR=Gubari Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen , Wadi Falah , Hama-Ghareeb Khalid Anwar , Fatah Fatah H. , Hosseini Mostafa , Wale Karzan Rafiq , Hipgrave David , Ali Sazan Raouf , Mahmood Shaho Osman , Ezzat Khadium Waleed , Mohammed Hayman Hasan , Jaafer Sara Feal , Al Saadi Najeeb Mohammed , Mohammed Kardar Anwar , Saeed Shireen Salih , Mohammad Mohammad Yousif , Khudhur Waleed Hamid , Wael Saleh Mohammed , Sheat Yousra Saadi , Ibrahim Khaldoon Khaleel , Nabeil Salah Marwa , Abdullah Abdulmonem Hazim , Omer Dashne Shamall , Ghafur Rafeeq Naseraldeen , Mustafa Kashma Ali , Faraj Aryan Othman , Ali Trifa Bhjat , Aziz Enayat Kamal , Wahab Ronak Assi , Ali Al-Jaf Ibrahim Ahmed , Hama Amin Nazanin Hama , Jaff Dina Dlshad , Bra Aram Mohammed , Ahmed Shwan Kanabi , Rasool Banaz Nabi , Jamal Fatimah Khalis , Mohammed Tango Dhahir , Azeez Maryam Arab
TITLE=COVID-19 Vaccination Among Diverse Population Groups in the Northern Governorates of Iraq
JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health
VOLUME=68
YEAR=2023
URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605736
DOI=10.3389/ijph.2023.1605736
ISSN=1661-8564
ABSTRACT=Objectives: The present study was carried out to investigate COVID-19 vaccination coverage among populations of internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and host communities in northern Iraq and the related underlying factors.
Methods: Through a cross-sectional study conducted in five governorates in April–May 2022, 4,564 individuals were surveyed. Data were collected through an adapted questionnaire designed to gather data on participants.
Results: 4,564 subjects were included (59.55% were 19–45 years old; 54.51% male). 50.48% of the participants (51.49% of host communities, 48.83% of IDPs, and 45.87% of refugees) had been vaccinated with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. 40.84% of participants (42.28% of host communities, 35.75% of IDPs, and 36.14% of refugees) had been vaccinated by two doses, and 1.56% (1.65% of host communities, 0.93% of IDPs, and 1.46% of refugees) were vaccinated with three doses.
Conclusion: Sociodemographic factors including age, gender, education, occupation, and nationality could affect vaccination coverage. Moreover, higher acceptance rate of vaccination is associated with belief in vaccine safety and effectiveness and trust in the ability of the vaccine to prevent complications.