Online survey COVID vaccination key findings for sharing

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BACKGROUND & METHODOLOGY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SURVEY’S FINDINGS

BACKGROUND,

METHODOLOGY & DEMOGRAPHICS

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

BACKGROUND

• For the successful roll-out of Covid 19

vaccination programme, it is vital for Viet

Nam to understand its people’s

knowledge, attitudes and practices in

relation to the vaccine Gathering and

using quality data on the behavioural and

social drivers of vaccination will enable

Viet Nam’s programmes to design, target,

and evaluate interventions, to achieve

greater impact with more efficiency, and

to examine and understand trends

• UNICEF Viet Nam cooperates with

Ministry of Health (MOH) to conduct a

quick online survey on VnExpress - the

most popular online newspaper in Viet

Nam.

OBJECTIVE

to understand public intentions/concerns of COVID-19 vaccine in order

to plan, implement and evaluate the

communication interventions supporting COVID-19 vaccine

deployment in Viet Nam.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• UNICEF Viet Nam gratefully acknowledges the support of the Australian Government for the survey and throughout the project.

• UNICEF Viet Nam is thankful to:

o Dr Tran Thu Nguyet, Department for

Communication, Emulation and Award,

MOH and Ms Joy Rivaca Caminade,

Technical Officer, Risk Communication, WHO in Viet Nam for the technical inputs.

o Assoc Prof PhD Luong Chi Mai,

Institute of Information Technology, Viet Nam Academy of Science and

Technology, and the DATASET.VN team:

Nguyen Dinh Mau, Tran Thuy Anh, Nguyen Thuy Hien, Nguyen Hoang Thuong Thao, Nguyen Phuong Thao for

the support in survey data processing.

Reference: www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-vaccination-demand-planning-2021.1

Data for action: achieving high uptake of COVID-19 vaccines - A guidebook for immunization programmes and implementing partners

SURVEY DESIGN OVERVIEW

7-16 May 2021

METHODOLOGY

Data collection: Online

Platform: PC and smartphone interfaces of VnExpress (popular online newspapers in Viet Nam, monthly users - 34.7 million, monthly page views - 510 million)

Under 18 1%

18-34 32%

35-65

66%

Over 65 1%

AGE

Male 64%

Female 36%

GENDER

Kinh 95.6%

Vietnamese Chinese 1.3%

-Tay 0.9%

Muong 0.7%

H’Mong 0.3%

Thai 0.3% Khmer 0.2%

Others 0.7%

ETHNICITY

SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION

Total: 38,506 survey’s respondents from 63 provinces

Ho Chi Minh City, 38%

10 PROVINCES HAVING HIGHEST PERCENT OF SURVEY' RESPONDENTS

SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION (cont.)

Total: 38,506 survey’s respondents from 63 provinces

University and College, 69%

Master, 14%

High school, 12%

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1)

Vaccine confidence

• There is a very high rate of confidence that vaccine is the most

important solution in preventing people and community from 19: 98% of total 38,506 survey’s respondents are confident in getting vaccine to protect themselves and 93% are confident that vaccine can protect their community.

COVID-• However, there is a high level of concerns about serious reaction of

COVID vaccine Only 13% of respondents are not concerned at all while 44% rate it at moderate and very concerned levels.

Vaccine intention

• 67% of respondents said they would receive a Covid-19 vaccine if the vaccine is available and they are advised/recommended by medical

professionals

Information needs

• Most of respondents would like to have more information about: ‘Risks

• Ministry of Health and doctor at health facilities are considered the

most reliable sources of information (MOH - 56%, doctor - 18%)

• Among printed media and digital types of materials, infographic

(disseminated online) and video clip , including short clips via social

to engage (infographic – 30%, video – 26%, short video – 20%).

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (2)

Decision autonomy and norms to get vaccine

• Decision autonomy: Most respondents can decide to get the vaccine themselves (77%) 18% said their decision can be affected by spouse or partner.

• Family norms: Most respondents are sure that their family and friends will support them in the decision of getting vaccine (63%)

• Descriptive social norms: More than 50% of respondents think most adults they know will get a COVID-19 vaccine, if it is recommended to them.

• Safe to travel: 64% of respondents don’t think getting a COVID-19

vaccine will allow them to safely travel again.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (3)

COVID-19 vaccine – confidence/trust in vaccine

providers

• Nearly 70% of respondents trust at high levels in health

staff/vaccination service providers who will give them Covid-19

vaccine.

Preventive appropriate behaviors after vaccination

• Most of the survey’s respondents think that the COVID vaccinated persons need to keep practicing all 5 COVID key preventive

behaviors recommended by MOH However, ‘wearing face mask’ seems to be more important to practice than ‘maintaining physical distancing’.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (4)

Made-up and/or negative information

• 17% of respondents (6,674 people) said they have seen or

heard/read made-up and/or negative information (information

without evidences, information from untrusted or unofficial

sources) about COVID-19 vaccines.

• Most of 6,674 respondents who have seen or heard/read made-up and/or negative information about COVID-19 vaccines said they

had it from social media and websites.

• 44% of those 6,674 respondents said they have shared/discussed those information, either online, on social media and or in-person.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (5)

KEY FINDINGS

categories: age, gender, location, ethnicity, education However, the data analysis is made based on gender and

age since location, ethnicity, education are not

representative.

Not at all concerned A little concerned Moderately concerned Very concerned

Percentage concerned about getting COVID-19

COVID-19 perceived risk

Not at all important A little important Moderately important Very important

Not at all important A little important Moderately important Very important

The importance of COVID-19 vaccine

• There is a high rate of confidence that vaccine is the most

important solution in COVID-19 prevention

• Percentage of male respondents is higher than female

Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age group is higher

than other age groups

COVID-19 vaccine - confidence in benefits

Getting COVID-19 vaccine to protect community

• There is a high rate of confidence that COVID vaccine protects

people and community against the epidemic

• Percentage of male respondents is higher than female

• Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age group is higher than

30% 31%

Age

Not at all A little Moderately Very much

COVID-19 vaccine - confidence in protecting others

COVID-19 vaccine - confidence in safety (1)

• There is high level of confidence in the safety of COVID vaccine

However, the level of ‘moderate safe’ is higher than ‘very safe’

• Percentage of this level in male respondents is higher than

female and percentage of respondents in the group of age from

35 to 65 is higher than other groups. 7%

COVID-19 vaccine - confidence in safety (2)

Concern that COVID-19 vaccine could cause serious reaction

• There is a high level of concerns about serious reaction of

COVID vaccine Female respondents are more concerned than

male

• Respondents in the group of age from 18 to 34 are the most

concerned and the least concern level is from the group of

Covid-19 vaccine – intention

• 67% of respondents said they would receive a Covid-19 vaccine

if the vaccine is available and they are advised/recommended by

medical professionals

• Percentage of male respondents is higher than female and the

level of agreement from respondents in the 35-65 age group is

higher than other age groups.

Covid-19 vaccine – extent of intention

• A high rate of respondents said they would like to get Covid-19

vaccine

• 63% of respondents said they are willing to get vaccinated no

matter what

• Percentage of male respondents is higher than female and the

wish to get vaccinated from respondents in age group of over

35 is higher than other age groups.

COVID-19 vaccine – information needs

Most respondents want to have proper information on ‘Risks of reactions’ and ‘Health care/treatment in case of having reactions after

COVID-19 vaccination’, and ‘Type of vaccine’ available Percentage of female respondents is higher than male and respondents in 18-34 age group is highest among age groups

Vaccinationschedule

Risks ofreactions

Treatment incase ofhavingreactions

COVIDpreventivepractices aftervaccination

Name,location ofvaccine'smanufacturer

COVIDvaccinationcosts & whopays

Summary (N = 38,506)

COVID-19 vaccine – reliable information source (1)

Ministry of Health and Doctor are considered the most reliable sources of information.

Village health worker Internet Social media

(Facebook, Zalo, etc.)

Messaging apps(SMS, Zalo, Viber,Facebookmessenger, etc.)

TV/ Radio Newspaper, incl

online

MOH Other governmental

offices

Family member/friend

Summary

(N = 38,506)

COVID-19 vaccine – reliable information source (2)

Commune health workerVillage health workerInternet

Social media (Facebook, Zalo, etc.)Messaging apps (SMS, Zalo, Viber,Facebook messenger, etc.)TV/ Radio

Newspaper, incl onlineMOH

Other governmental officesFamily member/ friend

• MOH as reliable source: Percentage of female respondents is higher than male Percentage of respondents in 18-34 age group is highest among age groups

• Doctor as reliable source: Percentage of male respondents is higher than female Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age group and group of under 18 are higher than others.

COVID-19 vaccine – type of material needs (1)

Infographic and video clip are considered the most accessible materials.

(N = 38,506)

COVID-19 vaccine – type of material needs (2)

• Male respondents want to have infographic more than female, but female respondents want to receive information via video clip, including short videos on social media more than male

• Different age groups have different preferences of materials:

- Respondents in the group of age under 35 choose infographic, short videos on social media and video clip

- Group of respondents in 35-65 age group choose video clip, infographic and short videos on social media and

- Group of respondents over 65 choose video clip, medical book/ journal and infographic

COVID-19 vaccine – decision autonomy

• Most respondents can decide to get the vaccine themselves,

except the group of age under 18

• Male respondents’ decision to get vaccine is more affected by

spouse/partners than female.

• Group of age from 18-34 have self-decision more than other

groups

• The decision of getting vaccine in the group of age from 35-65

is more affected by spouse/partners than other groups

My children Someone else

Summary (N = 38,506)

COVID-19 vaccine – family norms

• More than 60% of respondents said their families and friends

would encourage them to get vaccine One third of the

respondents said they are not sure if their families would want

them to do that.

• Percentage of male respondents is higher than female

• Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age group is highest

among other groups Percentage of respondents in the group

COVID-19 vaccine – descriptive social norms

• More than 50% of respondents think most adults they know

will get a COVID-19 vaccine if it is recommended to them.

• Percentage of male respondents agreeing is higher than

female

• Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age group is highest

among other groups, percentage of respondents in the group

COVID-19 vaccine – safe to travel

More than 60% of respondents don’t think getting a

COVID-19 vaccine will allow them to safely travel again

COVID-19 vaccine – confidence in providers

• Nearly 70% of respondents trust at high levels in health

staff/vaccination service providers who will give them Covid-19

vaccine

• Respondents in group of age from 35-65 trust more than the

others; respondents in the group of age over 65 trust least.

Preventive appropriate behaviors after COVID-19 vaccination (1)

Almost all respondents think the COVID

vaccinated person need to keep practicing

COVID key preventive behaviors

98%

2%

Summary (N = 38,506)

Preventive appropriate behaviors after COVID-19 vaccination (2)

• Nearly 90% of respondents agree that the COVID vaccinated person need to keep practicing all 5 key COVID preventive behaviors recommended by MOH

• ‘Wearing face mask’ seems to be more important than ‘maintaining physical distancing’.

Not gathering (with a lot of people, ‘crowded’)

Health declaration (whentravelling)

All of above behaviorsSummary

(N = 38,506)

Preventive appropriate behaviors after COVID-19 vaccination (3)

• Percentage of female respondents who agree to keep

practicing 5 key COVID preventive behaviors is higher

than male Percentage of respondents in 35-65 age

group is highest among age groups

• ‘Wearing face mask’ seems to be more important with

respondents in the group of age from 18-34 and over 65

While ‘maintaining physical distancing’ is less important

in the group of respondents under 18 and 35-65.

Wearing face mask

Hand washing with soap or sanitization

Maintaining a physical distancing (recommended2m)

Not gathering (with a lot of people, ‘crowded’)

Health declaration (when travelling)

All of above behaviors

COVID-19 vaccine – made-up and/or negative information (1)

• 17% of respondents (6,674 people) said they have seen or

heard/read made-up and/or negative information (information

without evidences, information from untrusted or unofficial

sources) about COVID-19 vaccines.

• Male respondents have seen more negative information more

than female Respondents in the group of age from 35 to 65

have seen a little more than others.

17%

83%

Summary (N = 38,506)

COVID-19 vaccine – made-up and/or negative information (2)

• Most of 6,674 respondents who have seen or heard/read

made-up and/or negative information about COVID-19 vaccines said

they had it from social media and web.

• Male respondents have seen negative information from social

media and web more than female

• Respondents in the group of age from 18-34 have seen more than

others while respondents in the group of age over 65 have seen

Web

Summary (N = 6,674)

15% 15%

19%18% 21% 20%

COVID-19 vaccine – made-up and/or negative information (3)

• 44% of 6,674 respondents who have seen or heard/read made-up

and/or negative information about COVID-19 vaccines said they

have shared/discussed those information, either online, on social

media and or in-person.

• Male respondents have shared/discussed more than female have

• Respondents in the group of age over 65 have shared/discussed the

most while respondents in the group of age under 18 have

shared/discussed the least.

44%

56%

Summary (N = 6,674)

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