Department of Health Sciences, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Gandaki Province, Nepal
Jiwan Kumar Poudyal is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Public health. His research interests includes vaccine, vaccination, immunology. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. Jiwan Kumar Poudyal has authored of many research articles/books related to Public health.
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»