Does an educational intervention improve parents’ knowledge about immunization? Experience from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Awadh, Ammar Ihsan JawaD, Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba, Bux, Siti Halimah, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Ab. Hadi, Hazrina
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2014
• Subjects: RJ101 Child Heatlh. Child health services. Preventive health services for children
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/38831/1/1471-2431-14-254_2.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38831/4/38831_Does%20an%20educational%20intervention%20improve_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38831/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/14/254

Background: Parents’ knowledge about immunization is an important predictor factor for their children’s immunization status. The aims of this study were to assess parents’ knowledge and to evaluate the effect of a short educational intervention on improving parents’ knowledge of childhood immunizati...