• Dr G Uma
• Ms. Ashma

Purpose: Vaccines are effective interventions that can reduce the high burden of diseases globally. However, public vaccines hesitancy is a pressing problem for public health authorities. With the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, little information is available on the public acceptability and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccines in India. This study aimed to investigate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines and its predictions in attitudes towards these vaccines (Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik) among public in India. Materials and Methods: An online cross-sectional, and self -administered questionnaire was instrumentalized to survey adult participants from few districts in and around TamilNadu on the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines. The parametric(independent sample t-test,) and non- parametric test(Chisquare test) is used to find the significance difference between the three types of vaccines and also the effective vaccine among peoples perspective of COVID-19 vaccines acceptability. A total of 217 participants completed the survey. Findings: The public acceptability of COVID19 vaccines was fairly good among female participants than that of the male participants and those who took Covishield vaccines considered best comparing to other vaccines in India. Similarly, participants believed that vaccines are generally safe. Among the participants, College students and employed participants accepted the COVID-19 vaccines completely and few participants are not still aware of importance of COVID-19 vaccination, they were less likely to have acceptance towards the vaccines. The most trusted sources of information on COVID-19 vaccines were healthcare providers. Conclusion: Systematic interventions are required by public health authorities to reduce the levels of vaccines hesitancy and improve their acceptance especially in the pandemic situation. These results predict and specify clearly that the vaccines have high rate of acceptability among the public and is an alarming to India health authorities for the readiness. These interventions should take them form of reviving the trust in national health authorities and bring out a structure for the awareness.

WHO, FDA, Vaccines, Vaccination, t-test, Chi-square test

"Public Awareness about Covid-19 Vaccination among Peoples of TamilNadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.a816-a824, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209087.pdf

"Public Awareness about Covid-19 Vaccination among Peoples of TamilNadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppa816-a824, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209087.pdf