Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Immunisation is a significant public health concern worldwide. The successful of vaccination would reflect the vaccine preventable diseases incidence. Vaccination is the highly effective method for parents to protect their children from contracting vaccine preventable diseases. In Malaysia, National Immunisation Programme was started in 1950 and through all these years it has undergone changes to strengthen the herd immunity amongst Malaysian. Vaccination in Malaysia is delivered through Maternal and Child Health Programme and School Health Services. These services are available throughout Malaysia to ensure that no children eligible for vaccination missed their immunisation. In the recent years there have been an increasing number of parents refusing vaccine in Malaysia. Hence, this study will explore the magnitude of this problem in SPU specifically. OBJECTIVES: To establish the vaccination refusal trends in SPU from 2015 till 2018. METHODS: This is a retrospective study used secondary data of children entitled for immunisation programme that resides in SPU from 2015 till 2018. Data will be collected from database at MCH Unit PKDSPU. Data analysis will be done using SPSS Version 22. RESULTS: There is significant drop of vaccine refusal in SPU from 2017 till 2018 CONCLUSION: This study will ascertain reason for parents refusing vaccination in SPU. Identifying magnitude of the problem will allow us to rectify the challenges and gaps for parents refusing vaccine. Developing comprehensive strategies that suits parentsÂ’ concerns will reduce the vaccine refusal and ultimately reduce mortality and morbidity due to vaccine preventable diseases.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-308,
title = {Vaccination Refusal Trends in Seberang Perai Utara (SPU): A 4-Year Review from 2015-2018},
author = {Nurrul Hidayu Azelan and MBChB and Suhaimi Samsudin and Noor Farhana Mohd Fathil},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Immunisation is a significant public health concern worldwide. The successful of vaccination would reflect the vaccine preventable diseases incidence. Vaccination is the highly effective method for parents to protect their children from contracting vaccine preventable diseases. In Malaysia, National Immunisation Programme was started in 1950 and through all these years it has undergone changes to strengthen the herd immunity amongst Malaysian. Vaccination in Malaysia is delivered through Maternal and Child Health Programme and School Health Services. These services are available throughout Malaysia to ensure that no children eligible for vaccination missed their immunisation. In the recent years there have been an increasing number of parents refusing vaccine in Malaysia. Hence, this study will explore the magnitude of this problem in SPU specifically. OBJECTIVES: To establish the vaccination refusal trends in SPU from 2015 till 2018. METHODS: This is a retrospective study used secondary data of children entitled for immunisation programme that resides in SPU from 2015 till 2018. Data will be collected from database at MCH Unit PKDSPU. Data analysis will be done using SPSS Version 22. RESULTS: There is significant drop of vaccine refusal in SPU from 2017 till 2018 CONCLUSION: This study will ascertain reason for parents refusing vaccination in SPU. Identifying magnitude of the problem will allow us to rectify the challenges and gaps for parents refusing vaccine. Developing comprehensive strategies that suits parentsÂ’ concerns will reduce the vaccine refusal and ultimately reduce mortality and morbidity due to vaccine preventable diseases.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah},
keywords = {immunization refusal, seberang perai utara district, vaccine refusal},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}