Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination

Department of Health Sciences, Kathmandu University, BNMT Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Biography

Rajesh Kumar Yadav is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, Health Research Together (HeaRT) Initiatives, Kathmandu, Nepal.Yadav has authored of many research articles/books related to Medicine. Yadav is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Attitude and Perception of Young Adults Regarding Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Author(s): Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Elina Khatri, Sujan Babu Marahatta, Dipendra Kumar Yadav, Yadu nath Baral, Jiwan Kumar Poudyal, Srijana Poudel, Prabin Sharma, Anupama Sharma, Sujata Pokhrel and Sushila Baral*
  
  Introduction: A new corona virus strain SARS-COV-2 had emerged as a global challenge to human health. Vaccines are most effective strategy and important public health measures but still people were hesitated to accept the vaccine. For the vaccine’s acceptance by the people, many influencing factors were playing role. Study was designed to assess the perception of young adult on acceptance of vaccines. Methodology: A web-based cross-sectional study was used and quantitative methods were conducted among the 390 young adults from all seven provinces of Nepal. The online survey was conducted to enroll all the young adults using Simple Random Sampling (SRS) techniques. Participants were asked to fill out a survey form that was made available through email and social media outlets such as Facebook and Viber. The data were downl.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7560.21.12.457

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