Myanamr Health Research Registration 2024; 36(1-3): 59-66.
DOI:
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on COVID-9 Vaccination among Workers in Meiktila Military Textile Factory in Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Thandar Linn, Le Thandar Soe & Khaing Lay Mon
Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal, 2024; 36(1-3): 59-66
ABSTRACTCOVID-19 vaccination is one of the most effective approaches and solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection and lessen its impact. This study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice on COVID-19 vaccination among factory workers in Meiktila Military textile factory, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from April to August 2022 among 220 factory workers at Meiktila Military textile factory in Mandalay Region. Simple random sampling procedure was used to recruit the eligible sample size. The factory workers who had at least 6 months of experience in the current factory was included while the higher-level administrators such as Factory Manager, Deputy Factory Manager, and Assistant Factory Manager was excluded to avoid discrepancies in education level. Data collection was conducted by face-to-face interviews with structured questionnaires and data analysis was conducted by SPSS version 16.
RESULT
INTRODUCTION
COVID-19 vaccination is one of the most effective approaches and solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection and lessen
its impact. This study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice on COVID-19 vaccination among factory workers in Meiktila Military textile factory, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from April to August 2022 among 220 factory workers at Meiktila Military textile factory in Mandalay Region. Simple random sampling procedure was used to recruit the eligible sample size. The factory workers who had at least 6 months of experience in the current factory was included while the higher-level administrators such as Factory Manager, Deputy Factory Manager, and Assistant Factory Manager was excluded to avoid discrepancies in education level. Data collection was conducted by face-to-face interviews with structured questionnaires and data analysis was conducted by SPSS version 16.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Study design and sample size
A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted from April to August 2022 among 220 factor workers at Meiktila Military textile factory in Mandalay Region of Myanmar. All the factory workers who had at least 6 months-service in factory were included and high-level administrators of factory managers were excluded from the study.
DISCUSSION
Majority of the factory workers in the study had education above primary school level and were mostly female because of the basic requirements of the factory. The factory has been established for over 20 years and most workers had over 10 years of service. Almost all the participants (98.1%) lived with family or others and over half (57.4%) lived with five or more people. This could make following COVID-19 social distancing guidelines challenging.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors thank University of Public Health, Yangon for giving permission for implementation of the study. Also, the authors thank authorities from the factory for their full support in field work and show gratitude to factory workers for participation and cooperation during data collection.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare no competing interests.
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