Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context
Objective: To investigate parental reasons for reluctance towards immunising their child. Methodology: Ten government health centres providing primary immunisation were selected via non-proportionate stratified random sampling. Children aged 15–24 months who defaulted immunisation for 3 months or lo...
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| author | W.Y. Lim H.S.S. Amar-Singh Netia Jeganathan H. Rahmat N.A. Mustafa Fatimah-Sham Mohd Yusof R. Rahman S. Itam C.H. Chan M.S. N-Julia |
| author_facet | W.Y. Lim H.S.S. Amar-Singh Netia Jeganathan H. Rahmat N.A. Mustafa Fatimah-Sham Mohd Yusof R. Rahman S. Itam C.H. Chan M.S. N-Julia |
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| description | Objective: To investigate parental reasons for reluctance towards immunising their child. Methodology: Ten government health centres providing primary immunisation were selected via non-proportionate stratified random sampling. Children aged 15–24 months who defaulted immunisation for 3 months or longer were identified. Data were obtained from clinic records and a structured telephone interview of parents. Parents were categorised as immunisation refusals or immunisation defaulters. Results: Of 10,189 immunisable children, 95 missed primary immunisation. Contact was established with 52 and 44 completed telephone interviews. Of these, 8 (18.2%) refused immunisation, while 31 (70.5%) defaulted immunisation. The immunisation refusal and defaulter rates per 10,000 children immunised per year were 8 and 30, respectively. The main reason for refusing immunisation was a preference for alternative treatment 6 (75.0). Conclusion: This first systematic evaluation of immunisation refusal in Malaysia showed that a small number of parents refused immunisation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8e097dc0ba74bbab3d2a8e6c383e4a92022-12-22T03:51:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Medicine2331-205X2016-12-013110.1080/2331205X.2016.11424101142410Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian contextW.Y. Lim0H.S.S. Amar-Singh1Netia Jeganathan2H. Rahmat3N.A. Mustafa4Fatimah-Sham Mohd Yusof5R. Rahman6S. Itam7C.H. Chan8M.S. N-Julia94th floor, Ambulatory Care Centre, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Jalan Hospital4th floor, Ambulatory Care Centre, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Jalan Hospital4th floor, Ambulatory Care Centre, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Jalan HospitalSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeSultan Azlan Shah Allied Health Science CollegeObjective: To investigate parental reasons for reluctance towards immunising their child. Methodology: Ten government health centres providing primary immunisation were selected via non-proportionate stratified random sampling. Children aged 15–24 months who defaulted immunisation for 3 months or longer were identified. Data were obtained from clinic records and a structured telephone interview of parents. Parents were categorised as immunisation refusals or immunisation defaulters. Results: Of 10,189 immunisable children, 95 missed primary immunisation. Contact was established with 52 and 44 completed telephone interviews. Of these, 8 (18.2%) refused immunisation, while 31 (70.5%) defaulted immunisation. The immunisation refusal and defaulter rates per 10,000 children immunised per year were 8 and 30, respectively. The main reason for refusing immunisation was a preference for alternative treatment 6 (75.0). Conclusion: This first systematic evaluation of immunisation refusal in Malaysia showed that a small number of parents refused immunisation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1142410childimmunisationparentsrefusal |
| spellingShingle | W.Y. Lim H.S.S. Amar-Singh Netia Jeganathan H. Rahmat N.A. Mustafa Fatimah-Sham Mohd Yusof R. Rahman S. Itam C.H. Chan M.S. N-Julia Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context Cogent Medicine child immunisation parents refusal |
| title | Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context |
| title_full | Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context |
| title_fullStr | Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context |
| title_short | Exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the Malaysian context |
| title_sort | exploring immunisation refusal by parents in the malaysian context |
| topic | child immunisation parents refusal |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1142410 |
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