COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia: Exploring factors and identifying highly vulnerable groups

• Main Authors: Adi Jafar, Ramzah Dambul, Ramli Dollah, Nordin Sakke, Mohammad Tahir Mapa, Eko Prayitno Joko
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library Science 2022
• Subjects: RA418-418.5 Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology; RA648.5-767 Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33995/1/COVID-19%20vaccine%20hesitancy%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33995/2/COVID-19%20vaccine%20hesitancy%20in%20Malaysia1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33995/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270868; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270868

Vaccine hesitancy is a global health challenge in controlling the virulence of pandemics. The prevalence of vaccine hesitancy will put highly vulnerable groups, such as the elderly or groups with pre-existing health conditions, at a higher risk, as seen with the outbreak of the pandemic Covid-19. Ba...