Vaccine hesitancy towards childhood immunisation amongst urban pregnant mothers in Malaysia
Journal Title: | Vaccine 2020-02-24, Vol.38 (9), p.2183-2189 |
Main Author: | Kalok, Aida |
Other Authors: | Loh, Sweet Yi Esther , Chew, Kah Teik , Abdul Aziz, Nor Haslinda , Shah, Shamsul Azhar , Ahmad, Shuhaila , Mohamed Ismail, Nor Azlin , Abdullah Mahdy, Zaleha |
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Quelle: | Alma/SFX Local Collection |
Publisher: | Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd |
ID: | ISSN: 0264-410X |
Link: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32001070 |
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title: | Vaccine hesitancy towards childhood immunisation amongst urban pregnant mothers in Malaysia |
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description: | •Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global vaccination programme as it can lead to complete refusal.•Vaccine hesitancy amongst Malaysian pregnant women is relatively low.•Both maternal and paternal education level were risk factors associated with vaccine hesitancy.•Muslim mothers were significantly less likely to be vaccine hesitant.•Antenatal visits provide opportunity to provide positive reinforcement on childhood vaccination. Vaccine hesitancy is a complex behaviour which involves various degrees of indecision about specific vaccines or vaccination uptake. Access to antenatal care had been associated with positive vaccine behavior. To determine the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy towards childhood immunisation amongst urban pregnant mothers and the associated socio-demographic factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1081 women who received antenatal care at a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Vaccine hesitancy was assessed using the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) Survey in both English and validated Malay versions. The sociodemographic data of the mothers and their partners, source of vaccine information and reasons for hesitancy were analysed. Eighty-six (8.0%) pregnant mothers were vaccine hesitant. Ethnicity, religion, number of children, educational level and employment status were significantly associated with vaccine hesitancy. Multivariable analysis showed that a low level of education was the most significant risk factor (p |
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