Factors that Influence People Acceptance of Covid-19 Vaccination based on Health Belief Model in Kota Datar Village, Medan

Abstract

A low percentage of people acceptance about Covid-19 vaccination in Kota Datar Village is affected by some factors, one of them is the perception of their society. Individual perception about something what to do is related to their health that review in Health Belief Model theory (HBM). The purpose of this research is to find out what factors that are related to people acceptance of Covid-19 vaccination. This study used descriptive correlation with sectional cross approach. The sample were all population in Kota Datar village, determined by purposive sampling technique with total amount were 67 respondents. The result showed that there was relationship between each factors, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, and cues to action factor with respondents’ acceptance toward Covid-19 vaccination (p = 0.000). There was a relationship between self-efficacy with respondents’ acceptance toward Covid-19 vaccination (p = 0.000). It is expected to the respondents that they can change their perception about Covid-19 vaccination, so they will accept the vaccin injection. So that, the Covid-19 pandemic can be resolved soon.

Keywords: Covid-19; vacination; acceptance