Shaipuzaman, Nurulain Atikah (2018) Knowledge and attitude on infant vaccination among staff in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Introduction: Vaccine is one of the most extraordinary findings in medical field. It is a biological preparation that increase body immune system toward targeted disease. Vaccine is made from weakend or killed microbes. Toxins or surface protein from this microorganism will stimulate body immune system to destroy and memorize it so that the immune system can easily detect and destroy any of the microorganism in the next encounter. Recently, there are reported cases where parents refuse to complete their children's vaccination. Due to that, this study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and attitude regarding infant-vaccination among staff in science-based and non-science based faculties in UPM, Selangor. Objective: To determine the knowledge and attitude on infant vaccination among UPM staffs in Serdang, Selangor. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was use in this study. A mix of cluster and fishbowl technique was adopted in selecting target populations. Total of 97 respondents were involve in this study. The study was carried out in science-based and non-science based faculty in UPM. Science-based faculty consist of Faculty of Biotechnology and Science Biomolecule and Faculty of Science, while for non-science based. faculty consist of Faculty of Economics and Management and Faculty of Language and Communication. The data were analysed using Statistical Packages of Social Science (SPSS) version 22. Results and Discussion: The level of knowledge was high which is 74 (80.4%) while the level of attitude was moderate which was 49 (50.5%). There was significant association between educational level and the knowledge (p<0.05, p=0.0 19). Meanwhile, there was no significant association between sociodemographic and the attitude. On the other hand, there was no association between knowledge and attitude among this two different type of faculty (P>0.05, p=0.256, p=0.597). However, there were 4 respondents who refuse the infant-vaccination where 3 of them comes from non-science based faculty and another 1 from science-based faculty. The main factors for the refusal was because of time constraints and poor quality of information. Conclusion: Knowledge and attitude regarding infant-vaccination among staff in UPM was documented as high and moderate respectively. The educational level play important role for the decision of immunization among parents for their children. Keywords: Infant-vaccination, Knowledge, Attitude, staff.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2025 01:15 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2025 01:15 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2491 |
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