Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia

Purpose The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten threats to global health in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications and factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This paper...

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Main Authors: Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Omar, Mohd Azahadi, Suib, Fatin Husna
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2021
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spelling my.iium.irep.1007132022-10-19T06:10:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/100713/ Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Mohd Azahadi Suib, Fatin Husna RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Purpose The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten threats to global health in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications and factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews literature on vaccine hesitancy and evaluation of factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Findings Vaccine hesitancy is a growing public health concern in Malaysia with factors such as influence of Internet and social media, personal choice and individual right, conspiracy theory, religious reasons and alternative medicine as among the influencing dynamics. An urban, educated demography operating within a postmodern medical paradigm compounds the diminishing value of vaccines. Originality/value This paper provides a comprehensive examination of vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia. Critical appraisal on personal choice over societal responsibility within an Asian/Muslim collectivist society has not been discussed in previous studies. The acceptance of homeopathy as an Islamic medicine alternative is peculiar to multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Malaysia. Emerald Publishing Limited 2021-12-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/100713/1/100713_Vaccine%20hesitancy%20and%20implications.pdf Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah and Omar, Mohd Azahadi and Suib, Fatin Husna (2021) Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. International Journal of Health Governance, 27 (1). pp. 76-86. ISSN 2059-4631 E-ISSN 2059-464X https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJHG-05-2021-0055/full/html?skipTracking=true 10.1108/IJHG-05-2021-0055
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
Omar, Mohd Azahadi
Suib, Fatin Husna
Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
description Purpose The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten threats to global health in 2019. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications and factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews literature on vaccine hesitancy and evaluation of factors affecting parental decision on childhood immunisation in Malaysia. Findings Vaccine hesitancy is a growing public health concern in Malaysia with factors such as influence of Internet and social media, personal choice and individual right, conspiracy theory, religious reasons and alternative medicine as among the influencing dynamics. An urban, educated demography operating within a postmodern medical paradigm compounds the diminishing value of vaccines. Originality/value This paper provides a comprehensive examination of vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia. Critical appraisal on personal choice over societal responsibility within an Asian/Muslim collectivist society has not been discussed in previous studies. The acceptance of homeopathy as an Islamic medicine alternative is peculiar to multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Malaysia.
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author Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
Omar, Mohd Azahadi
Suib, Fatin Husna
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Omar, Mohd Azahadi
Suib, Fatin Husna
author_sort Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
title Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
title_short Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
title_full Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
title_fullStr Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia
title_sort vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in malaysia
publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/100713/1/100713_Vaccine%20hesitancy%20and%20implications.pdf
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