Abd Rahman Ravindran, Khairil Ritzman Rawi and Carino, Shanna Lyn and Kamaludin, Nur Afrisya Nasywa (2021) Parental awareness, attitude and practices on childhood immunization in Selangor: an online statewide survey. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Introduction: Vaccine is a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease and it is very important as it protects children from vulnerable diseases. Poor vaccination awareness, attitude and practices causes a significant increase in cases of vaccine-preventable diseases. Therefore, the aim of the study is to assess the parental awareness, attitude and practices on childhood immunization in Selangor through an online statewide survey. Method: A cross sectional study design was conducted from 20 December 2020 until 5 July 2021. Respondents were selected by convenience sampling in which Malaysian parents in Selangor with at least one child aged less than 15 years old were randomly selected to answer the questionnaire. The Chi-Square and Fisher’s Exact tests were used to determine the association between the sociodemographic status of the respondents with their awareness, attitude and practice towards childhood immunization. Multiple logistic regression models were used to determine the determinants of the level of awareness, attitude, and practice towards childhood immunization. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used to determine the association between parental awareness and attitude with actual practices. Result: 201 respondents completed the questionnaire, giving a response rate of 88.94%. The majority of our respondents were aged 41 and above (41.3%), female (80.6%), Malay (80.6%) and Muslim (81.1%), had a tertiary educational level (86.1%) and were employed (80.1%), came from a M40 household income bracket (47.3%), and had 3 to 4 children (51.2%). In this study, The majority of the respondents have good awareness (52.7%), good attitude (53.7%) and good practice (60.2%) towards childhood immunization in Selangor.There is a positive moderate correlation between awareness and attitude scores with the actual practice towards childhood immunization. In multiple logistic regression models, it was found that the families in the T20 income bracket had a 5 higher odds of having better awareness towards childhood immunization as compared to the B40 income bracket group (p=0.001). Also, families in the M40 income bracket had a 2.3 higher odds of having better awareness towards childhood immunization as compared to the B40 income group (p=0.042). 6 Next, it was shown that the families in the T20 income bracket had a 2.9 higher odds of having better attitudes towards childhood immunizations as compared to the B40 income bracket group (p=0.013). It was also found that the families in the T20 income bracket had a 2.4 higher odds of having better practices towards childhood immunization as compared to the B40 income bracket group (p=0.038) and mothers had a 3.9 higher odds of having better practice towards childhood immunization as compared to fathers (p=0.001). Conclusion: The majority of the parents have good awareness, attitude and practice towards childhood immunization in Selangor. This augurs well for reducing serious childhood infectious diseases. Keyword: Parents, Awareness, Attitudes, Practices, Childhood immunization, Selangor
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 04:25 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 04:25 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1017 |
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