Intention to receive new vaccines post-COVID-19 pandemic among adults and health workers in Lusaka, Zambia

To estimate intention to receive newly introduced adult vaccines among community members and healthcare workers (HCWs) in Lusaka, Zambia in the context of previous COVID-19 vaccine uptake and perceived disease threat and, identify trusted sources of vaccine information. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among a random sample of community members and a convenience sample of HCWs from 13 November to 15 December 2023. We evaluated future vaccination intentions by self-reported COVID-19 vaccine uptake, community role, vaccine type (COVID-19 booster, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, pneumonia, diarrheal disease), and source of information using adjusted, mixed effects Poisson regression and adjusted probability models. We enrolled 395 (79.2 %) community members and 104 (20.8 %) HCWs (N = 499). There was high intention to receive new vaccines among community members (mean score = 83.6 %) andHCWs (mean score = 86.0 %), though intentions varied by vaccine type. Prior COVID-19 vaccine uptake (0,..., Study design
We conducted a cross-sectional survey in Lusaka, Zambia, recruiting community members from randomly selected households in four urban communities with relatively low COVID-19 vaccine uptake and healthcare workers (HCWs) at ten healthcare facilities chosen for diversity in size and geographic location. All participants were recruited from November to December 2023, long after the major COVID-19 waves in southern Africa, including the 2021 Omicron wave that was first reported in South Africa and Botswana.
Participants and recruitment strategy
Adults aged 18 years and above who resided in Lusaka Province and could provide consent were eligible to participate in the study. For HCWs, eligibility was restricted to those providing direct clinical services to patients or community-based health services.
We purposively selected 10 healthcare facilities to recruit HCWs and four high-density, low-income areas (compounds) with low COVID-19 vaccination rates to recruit community members..., , # Intention to receive new vaccines post-COVID-19 pandemic among adults and health workers in Lusaka, Zambia

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.z08kprrqk](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.z08kprrqk)

## Description of the data and file structure

### Files and variables

#### File: intent\_novel\_vaccine-06feb2025\_share.csv

**Description:** Dataset used in the analyses found in the Vaccine article entitled \"Intention to receive new vaccines post-COVID-19 pandemic among adults and health workers in Lusaka, Zambia\" ([here](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X25001434)).

##### Variables

* gender: birth sex
* age_cat6: categorical age (six categories)
* hcw_alt: community member [0] or healthcare work (HCW) [1]
* marital: marital status
* religion: reported religion
* educ_cat: education categorically
* employ_cat: employment status categorically
* income_qtile: income quartile
* cov_rev: reported receipt of COVID-19 vaccine
* hiv: HIV status
* intent_flu_alt: intention...,