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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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 |
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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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Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia |
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Vaccine hesitancy and implications on childhood immunisation in Malaysia |
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