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Table 2 Acceptability of vaccine modalities by adult and child knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to malaria and vaccines

From: Are malaria transmission-blocking vaccines acceptable to high burden communities? Results from a mixed methods study in Bo, Sierra Leone

 

Number (%) of respondents with characteristic

Number (%) of TBV acceptability with characteristic

Number (%) of TBV acceptability without characteristic

Number (%) of traditional vaccine acceptability with characteristic

Number (%) of traditional vaccine acceptability without characteristic

Adult knowledge and prevention (n = 615)

 Identified mosquito bite as a mode of malaria parasite transmission (includes correct mode only and those that also include 1+ incorrect modes)

545 (88.6)

521 (95.6)

64 (91.4)

526 (96.5)

66 (94.3)

 Only identified correct mode of malaria parasite transmission (i.e., mosquito bite)

363 (59.0)

346 (95.3)

239 (94.8)

348 (95.9)

244 (96.8)

 House has bed nets

497 (80.8)

469 (94.4)

116 (98.3)

475 (95.6)

117 (99.2)

 Slept under bed net last night (n = 497)

401 (80.7)

378 (94.3)

91 (94.8)

382 (95.3)

93 (96.9)

 Vaccinated against any diseases

484 (78.7)

463 (95.7)

83 (96.5)

468 (96.7)

83 (96.5)

Adult Vaccination Attitudes (n = 615)

 Vaccines are for both adults and children

471 (76.6)

453 (96.2)

–

459 (97.5)

–

 Vaccines are for children only

93 (15.1)

87 (93.6)

–

87 (93.6)

–

 Vaccines are safe

552 (89.8)

528 (95.7)

42 (93.3)

535 (96.9)

42 (93.3)

 Trust the health staff who give vaccines

546 (88.8)

524 (96.0)

54 (90.0)

530 (97.1)

55 (91.7)

 Would want to be vaccinated if safe and effective malaria vaccine available

588 (95.6)

575 (97.8)

7 (38.9)

583 (99.2)

3 (33.3)

 Willing to pay for malaria vaccine

389 (63.3)

380 (97.7)

205 (90.7)

386 (99.2)

206 (91.2)

 Willing to be vaccinated every year

573 (93.2)

562 (98.1)

18 (58.1)

569 (99.3)

18 (58.1)

 Willing to get traditional malaria vaccine

592 (96.3)

583 (98.5)

2 (12.5)

–

–

 Willing to get malaria TBV

585 (95.1)

–

–

583 (99.7)

6 (28.6)

 Have concerns about vaccines for adults

461 (75.0)

444 (96.3)

141 (91.6)

451 (97.8)

141 (91.6)

 

Number (%) of respondents who indicated child has characteristic

Number (%) of TBV acceptability with characteristic

Number (%) of TBV acceptability without characteristic

Number (%) of traditional vaccine acceptability with characteristic

Number (%) of traditional vaccine acceptability without characteristic

Child Prevention (n = 337)

 Slept under bed net last night

241 (71.5)

237 (98.3)

89 (100)

237 (98.3)

89 (100)

 Vaccinated against any diseases

323 (95.9)

319 (98.8)

8 (100)

319 (98.8)

8 (100)

Child Vaccination Attitudes (n = 337)

 Would want child vaccinated if safe and effective malaria vaccine available

326 (96.7)

323 (99.1)

10 (90.9)

323 (99.1)

10 (90.9)

 Willing to pay for child’s malaria vaccine

188 (55.8)

186 (98.9)

147 (98.7)

186 (98.9)

147 (98.7)

 Willing to have child vaccinated every year

325 (96.4)

324 (99.7)

8 (72.7)

324 (99.7)

8 (72.7)

 Willing to give child traditional malaria vaccine

333 (98.8)

333 (100)

0 (0)

–

–

 Willing to give child malaria TBV

333 (98.8)

–

–

333 (100)

0 (0)

 Have concerns about vaccines for children

261 (77.5)

257 (98.5)

76 (100)

257 (98.5)

76 (100)