Open J Public Health | Volume 3, Issue 2 | Research Article | Open Access

Fear of COVID-19 Immunization among the Rural Population of Haryana

Gulia N¹, Shyam R^2* and Singh A³

¹Department of Psychology, Panjab University, India
²Central Leprosy Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
³Division of Automobile, Chandigarh University, India

^*Correspondance to: Radhay Shyam 

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Abstract

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). During the pandemic time, the only solution to control the spread of the infection was found to be the effective COVID-19 vaccination. But, few groups of rural people are not in the position to intake the vaccination and becoming a hurdle in course to complete immunization coverage. This study focuses to understand the fear and possible solutions. Objective: To determine the fear of COVID-19 immunization among in rural population. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 1st, 2021 to October 31st, 2021 among a sample of 111 participants using well-structured pre-tested questionnaire via Google form to collect the data in a randomly selected group of the population including males and females. Results: The data obtained was analyzed using Microsoft office and the results were obtained which is represented by bar graph, pie chart and plot diagrams.

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Vaccination

Citation:

Gulia N, Shyam R, Singh A. Fear of COVID-19 Immunization among the Rural Population of Haryana. Open J Public Health. 2021; 3(2): 1025..