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An Assessment of the Acceptability of Street Vendors to Covid-19 Prevention Campaigns in Lagos State

Balogun Noimot, Charles Onwunali

Apart from the apparent gap in vaccine availability between developing and developed countries, another possible unintended cause of in-equality in addressing Covid-19 needs is the reception and willingness of people accept vaccination. Creating meaningful engagement which will create a desired change in the receiver (the public) is indeed another herculean task. Reception is however a function of many determinants which may hasten or delay the adoption of messages for behavioral change. This study assessed the acceptability of non-registered street vendors to Covid-19 prevention campaigns in Lagos State. The study adopted a cross-sectional study design in a population of 100 street vendors from 4 motor parks across 2 Local Governments in Lagos State. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling method of selection was used and analysis was done using STATA version 15. The study found out that the respondents were aware about Covid-19 messages (91.5%) and they heard these messages from multi- ple media. 62.8% of the respondents were able to recall some of the Cobid-19 which was not commensurable with behavior as vaccination rate was only 18.1% for 1^st dose and 8.5% for 2-time vaccination respectively. The study therefore recommended the need for targeted campaigns to address information gaps around importance of safety protocols especially vaccination uptake. Emphasis should also be made on interpersonal media such as words of mouth and community outreaches to complement social and electronic media in order to reach more vendors and similar people in communities.