Experiences and perceptions of COVID‑19 infection and vaccination among Palestinian refugees in Jerash camp and Jordanian citizens:a comparative cross‑sectional study by face‑to‑face interviews

作     者：Mohammad A I.Al‑Hatamleh Ma’mon M.Hatma Sulaf H.F.Mustafa Mohammad Alzu’bi Ali F.AlSou’b Shahed N.S.Abughanam Amin N.Olaimat Elham T.Kateeb Rohimah Mohamud 

作者机构：Department of ImmunologySchool of Medical SciencesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaKota Bharu 16150Malaysia Department of Medical Laboratory SciencesFaculty of Applied Medical SciencesThe Hashemite UniversityP.O.Box 33012713133 ZarqaJordan 不详 

出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第11卷第6期

页      面：101-102页

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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Universiti Sains Malaysia  USM 

主　　题：SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine rollout Health equity Refugee vaccination Vaccine hesitancy Adverse efects 

摘      要：Background:During the COVID-19 vaccination,the access to vaccines has been unequal among countries and indi‑viduals,for example low-income countries displayed signifcant low levels of ***,most refugees are living in developing low-income countries which struggling to access the essential health-care services including ***,the objective of this study was to assess the experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 infection and vaccination among Palestine refugees in Jerash camp compared to resident Jordanian ***:A face-to-face interview-based comparative cross-sectional study was carried out among Palestine refu‑gees in Jerash camp located in northern Jordan and Jordanian citizens from diferent cities in Jordan from October,2021 to March,2022.A Chi-square test was used to determine the diferences in the experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 infection and vaccination between Palestinian refugees and resident Jordanian *** regres‑sion analysis was performed to predict factors associated with the beliefs,barriers and hesitancy towards COVID-19 ***:The total number of participants was 992,with 501(50.5%)Palestinian refugees and 491(49.5%)Jordanian *** participants(64.1%)who have never been tested for COVID-19 were from the refugees(P0.001),whereas about 80.3%of the participants tested for COVID-19 at private healthcare institutions were citizens(P0.001).While 70.0%of the participants who tested positive for COVID-19(n=303)were from the refugees(P0.001).Com‑pared to the citizens,the refugees had signifcantly lower levels of beliefs about the safety(P=0.008)and efciency(P0.001)of COVID-19 *** also had lower rates of vaccine hesitancy(P=0.002)and vaccine uptake(P0.001),and a higher rate of facing difculties during registration for COVID-19 vaccination(P0.001).Furthermore,refugees have more negative attitudes toward the importance and implementation of COVID-19 precautionary activi