Psycho-social Determinants of Covid 19 Vaccine Intake among Secondary School Teachers in Mkpat Enin Local Education Committee

Abstract

The study investigated psycho-social determinants of covid 19 vaccine intake among secondary school teachers in Mkpat Enin Local Education Committee. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. A correlational research design was adopted while the population of the study comprised all the 608 teachers from the 16 public secondary schools in the study area. A sample size of 240 teachers was selected for the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 10 public secondary schools out of 16. This was done with the help of lottery method of random sampling, whereby the schools were assigned numbers on a piece of paper, blindfolded and mixed up in a small container, after which the required number of schools were selected randomly. Finally, hat and draw method of random sampling was used to select 24 teachers per schools for instrument administration, which gave a total of 240 sampled respondents. A researcher’s developed instrument titled: Psycho-social Determinants of Covid-19 Vaccine Intake among Teachers Questionnaire (PDCVITQ)” was used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics (PPMC) was used for data analysis and the results revealed a very high positive and significance relationship between religious affiliations, knowledge of covid-19, illness behaviour and covid-19 vaccine intake among secondary school teachers in Mkpat Enin Local Education Committee. Conclusion was drawn from the finding and the recommended among other things that, Religious faithful and other ministers of the gospel should preach against vaccine hesitancy and encourage members to accept the covid-19 vaccine for sustainable health and safety