Introduction: COVID-19 being emerged as pandemic, caused many severe problems, need to be controlled and prevented by vaccination. Vaccines are designed to develop immunity without the dangers of getting the disease. But vaccine acceptance and hesitancy are the major barrier to control disease outbreak. Poor knowledge is considered responsible for negative attitude and poor vaccine acceptance among individuals. So, assessment of knowledge and attitude is crucial to change their attitude towards administration of COVID-19 Vaccination. Material and methods: A quantitative approach with descriptive research design was adopted for 60 non-professionals working in selected colleges of BFUHS, Faridkot by convenient sampling techniques. A self-structured knowledge questionnaire and self-structured 5-point attitude scale were selected to assess the knowledge and attitude of study subjects respectively. Results: The study result revealed that 67% (40) study subjects had average knowledge, 32% (19) had good knowledge and 1% (01) had poor towards COVIO-19 vaccination. Whereas, 80% (48) non-professionals had positive attitude and 20% (12) had negative attitude towards vaccination.
Knowledge, Attitude, Non-Professionals, COVID-19 Vaccination
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