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Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception of Health and Non-Healthcare Workers Towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning Approach
(2022) Adesina, Tolulope
There have been concerns globally as to whether taking COVID-19 vaccination is harmful or not. In this study, we conducted an online survey to measure the knowledge and attitude of people, first about COVID-19, and second about COVID-19 vaccination—various analyses such as descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and support vector regression with k-fold cross-validation. The support vector machine and tuned support vector machine suggest a better fit based on cross-validation error. The results show that immigration requirements significantly explain why an individual would accept the COVID-19 vaccine. This study suggests that people in authority should look into people's concerns regarding taking the COVID-19 vaccine and address them accordingly. The study aims to draw the attention of the people to the concern that surrounds taking COVID-19 vaccination and explored various statistical techniques to draw inference.
THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON POULTRY INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA
(European Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Research Vol 8, 2020) Alawode, Olufemi
The covid-19 pandemic as declared by WHO in March 2020 is a game changer that introduced a “new normal” of every facet of life, every sector of the economy and every cluster of the population. The key indicators of business plan and continuity, government policies and security imopacting logistics have been affected and in all affecting the short-term survival rate of the poultry industry.The analysis revealed that all proxies of covid-19 indicators such as business plan and continuity, government policies and security impacting logistics have a significant positive effect on the financial health of the poultry industry (Adjusted R2= 0.949, F-statistics = 5.512 : p= 0.000<0.05). Thus, the research concluded that a well-managed Covid-19 indicators and proxies have a significant positive effect on the financial health of the poultry industry in Nigeria.
LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERCEPTIONS AND MEANINGS OF COVID-19
(the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria, 2026) George, Tayo O.; Asakitikpi, Alex; Kasumu, Taiwo; Olore, Amos; Kasumu, Modupe; Adebayo, Mercy
The outbreak of a strain of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 was initially a local issue. However, the. rapid spread of the disease in Hubei Province soon alerted the Chinese government to an epidemic and prompted it to share its concern with the world. By 11th January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had publicised the scientific nomenclature of the virus outbreak, COVID-19, and by January 2020, the epidemic was pronounced a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The relentless spread of the virus, which met the essential criteria of an infectious disease transmitted from one human to another across a large geographic area and affecting a significant number of the world's population, forced the WHO to declare COVID-19 a pandemic on 11th March 2020. Since the disease's declaration as a pandemic and the moral panic it sparked worldwide, there was confusion over its scientific, spiritual, and social meanings. In this chapter, we examine Africa's and global perspectives on COVID-19 and their implications for individuals and the societies in which they live and function. Within post-. structuralism and postmodemity, we examine how meanings are attached to the virus and how its interpretation influences behaviour, especially within governments' extreme measures to curtail the virus outbreak in Nigeria and worldwide. We also examine how COVID-19, as a health symbol, assumes different shades of meaning as individuals perceive risk across different socio-cultural, spiritual, and political contexts.
A REVIEW OF FAMILY DYNAMICS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN NIGERIA
(Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, 2026) Amaike, Bola; Jawando, Jubril; Olabisi, Yusuf; George, Tayo O.
Since the emergence of the Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in December, 2019 in Wuhan, China and its importation into Nigeria on February 27, 2020, Nigerians faced diverse challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic was more than a health challenge; it had, social and economic implications, attacking the core of human society and increasing social inequality, vulnerabilities and gender-based violence. Consequently, the Nigerian government introduced measures to contain the virus' spread, including a total or partiallockdown. Many families faced a massive crisis during the lockdown, raising many issues and imposing wrenching trade-offs . This paper focuses on family dynamics and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown by examining how families managed financial difficulties and : conflicts, maintained social ties, and addressed changes during the lockdown. The impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns were deeply felt within the family structures, especially among the most vulnerable groups such as people with low incomes, women, older persons and persons with disabilities. Since family members were at home during the lockdown, family dynamics would be threatened, magnified positively or negatively, depending on the coping strategies adopted. Functionalism was adopted as the explanatory tool. This paper reviewed. various publications on family dynamics and coping strategies during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria. Insights were drawn from family types, socio-economic status and their coping strategies. The article concludes with recommendations for effective management of pandemics and the impacts of their lockdown in Nigeria without compromising the social well-being of vulnerable families.

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