• Wale Adeyemi Johnson and Dauda Parakoyi Bayo.
• Physiology Department, Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria.
• Afr Health Sci. 2023 Sep 1; 23 (3): 437448437-448.

BackgroundVaccination remains a potent way to curb the present covid-19 global pandemic.ObjectivesTo assess knowledge, perception and willingness to receive covid-19 vaccines among tertiary students in Nigeria.MethodsIn the descriptive cross-sectional study, a sample size of 750 respondents was randomly selected from a university, polytechnic and college of education (COE) in Osun State, Nigeria. Independent sample T and Pearson correlation tests were used to analyse the responses.ResultsThere was a significant increase in the percentage score of poor perception, relative to good perception among the university and polytechnic respondents. Among the COE respondents, significant increases in the percentage scores of poor knowledge, perception and willingness to receive covid-19 vaccines, relative to the good variables were observed. Weak positive correlations between knowledge and willingness & perception and willingness to receive covid-19 vaccines among all the respondents were noted. In addition, there was a significant increase in good perception to covid-19 vaccines among university and COE, relative to polytechnic respondents. Asides, a significant increase in good willingness to receive covid-19 vaccines was observed among the university, compared to COE respondents.ConclusionThere is poor knowledge, perception and willingness to receive covid-19 vaccines among tertiary students in Osun State, Nigeria.© 2023 Johnson WA et al.

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