Abstract
Background: Throughout history, vaccination has been proven to minimize the catastrophic effect of many communicable diseases around the globe. Unfortunately, it is observed that since the national vaccination program named Program Immunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan (PICK) was widened to include children aged 5 to 11 years old as recipients in Malaysia, vaccine hesitancy among parents regarding the COVID-19 children vaccination program has contributed significantly to the low uptake of the vaccine among this target group in this country as well as in the Pahang state. By adopting the Health Belief Model (HBM), this study objectively determined predictors of vaccine hesitancy among parents for COVID-19 children's vaccination program, also known as PICKids in the Pahang state, Malaysia. Method: Conducted as an online survey in February 2022, 1243 respondents were randomly sampled from a total of 14,594 responses. Data collection was done using a reliable and validated questionnaire distributed via Google form. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 and the significance level was set at a p -value of lesser than 0.05. Results: Most respondents are Malays (83.1%), female (72.8%), and aged between 30 to 39 years old (46.7%). Overall, vaccine hesitancy among parents towards PICKids in the Pahang state was slightly above the average at the mean score of 2.42 ± 1.27. The final model showed that the age group of 30 to 39 years old (β = 0.109
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- https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-7-ballroom-A/
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-O-42,
title = {Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents for COVID-19 Children's Vaccination Program in Pahang, Malaysia},
author = {Raja Nurul Najwa Raja Ismail and Ismawati Ishak and Yantie Shahida Abdul Manan and Nor Ayuni Ab Rahman and Hawa Bee Ibrahim and Siti Sarah Mat Rusdi and Aznita Iryany Mohd Noor and Nur Hazreen Mohd Hasni and Shoba Anusia Devi Selvadurai and Che Ku Bazilah Che Ku Mat and Ahmad Zahid Aziz and Husnina Ibrahim and Nor Azimi Yunus},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-O-42.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-7-ballroom-A/},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Background: Throughout history, vaccination has been proven to minimize the catastrophic effect of many communicable diseases around the globe. Unfortunately, it is observed that since the national vaccination program named Program Immunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan (PICK) was widened to include children aged 5 to 11 years old as recipients in Malaysia, vaccine hesitancy among parents regarding the COVID-19 children vaccination program has contributed significantly to the low uptake of the vaccine among this target group in this country as well as in the Pahang state. By adopting the Health Belief Model (HBM), this study objectively determined predictors of vaccine hesitancy among parents for COVID-19 children's vaccination program, also known as PICKids in the Pahang state, Malaysia. Method: Conducted as an online survey in February 2022, 1243 respondents were randomly sampled from a total of 14,594 responses. Data collection was done using a reliable and validated questionnaire distributed via Google form. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 and the significance level was set at a p -value of lesser than 0.05. Results: Most respondents are Malays (83.1%), female (72.8%), and aged between 30 to 39 years old (46.7%). Overall, vaccine hesitancy among parents towards PICKids in the Pahang state was slightly above the average at the mean score of 2.42 ± 1.27. The final model showed that the age group of 30 to 39 years old (\^{I}² = 0.109},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pahang},
keywords = {children vaccination, COVID-19 vaccine, Malaysia, vaccination program, vaccine hesitancy},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}