Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is defined as the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services. The objective of this study is to improve the understanding on VH among parents by determining the prevalence of VH and to identify the predictors associated with a vaccine hesitant attitude. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted in KL where a questionnaire was devised to collect information from parents namely sociodemographic, WHO determinants of VH and the Parents Attitude towards Childhood Vaccine (PACV) scale. RESULTS: With a sample size of 226, we noted 60.2% (189) of the participants were females which were predominantly Malays 80.3% (252). Our study shows the prevalence of VH of 15.5% (35/226: 15.5%, 95%CI: 11.2, 20.4) among parents based on the 15-item PACV scale. In univariate analysis, our study did not see any link between sociodemographic factors to VH in parents. Only five of these determinants were in the final model as statistically significant (p < 0.05) predictors of VH among parents in KL. The five factors were introduction to new vaccine, past bad experiences on vaccinations, no trust in pharmaceutical industries, no trust in health system and provider as well as male gender. CONCLUSION: Factors contributing toward 15.5% of VH in KL, Malaysia must be studied further for any temporal relationship to the under-immunization in children in order to reach the WHO goal of 100% immunization coverage in children.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-103,
title = {Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents in Kuala Lumpur: A Single Centre Review},
author = {Ahmad Farouk Musa and Trived Soni and Xian Pei Cheong and Rusli Nordin},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is defined as the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services. The objective of this study is to improve the understanding on VH among parents by determining the prevalence of VH and to identify the predictors associated with a vaccine hesitant attitude. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted in KL where a questionnaire was devised to collect information from parents namely sociodemographic, WHO determinants of VH and the Parents Attitude towards Childhood Vaccine (PACV) scale. RESULTS: With a sample size of 226, we noted 60.2% (189) of the participants were females which were predominantly Malays 80.3% (252). Our study shows the prevalence of VH of 15.5% (35/226: 15.5%, 95%CI: 11.2, 20.4) among parents based on the 15-item PACV scale. In univariate analysis, our study did not see any link between sociodemographic factors to VH in parents. Only five of these determinants were in the final model as statistically significant (p \< 0.05) predictors of VH among parents in KL. The five factors were introduction to new vaccine, past bad experiences on vaccinations, no trust in pharmaceutical industries, no trust in health system and provider as well as male gender. CONCLUSION: Factors contributing toward 15.5% of VH in KL, Malaysia must be studied further for any temporal relationship to the under-immunization in children in order to reach the WHO goal of 100% immunization coverage in children.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia, 2School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylors University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia},
keywords = {determinants, parental attitudes to childhood vaccine (PACV), prevalence, vaccine hesitancy},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}