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Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study

Immunisation programmein Malaysia started in the 1960s.To date,there are seven types of vaccines provided freely by the Ministry of Health for children from birth until age of 7years. After the introduction of the programme,dramatic reduction in mortality and morbidity related to infectious diseases...

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Main Authors: Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati, Ramli, Shalinawati, Ismail, Zarini
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Published: 2016
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spelling my.usim-99922017-02-15T03:19:25Z Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati Ramli, Shalinawati Ismail, Zarini Immunisation programmein Malaysia started in the 1960s.To date,there are seven types of vaccines provided freely by the Ministry of Health for children from birth until age of 7years. After the introduction of the programme,dramatic reduction in mortality and morbidity related to infectious diseases have been observed.Of concern,there has been increasing number of parents recently who are against childhood vaccination.The impact of the decision is massive,not only to their own children,but also to the other children.Parents’ knowledge is the major factor that contribute to their decision for immunisation.Therefore,parents should be well-informed on the purpose of immunisation,so that they would not easily be deceived by anti-vacciners propaganda,particularly in the social media. 2016-01-20T08:20:40Z 2016-01-20T08:20:40Z 2011 Article http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9992 en_US
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description Immunisation programmein Malaysia started in the 1960s.To date,there are seven types of vaccines provided freely by the Ministry of Health for children from birth until age of 7years. After the introduction of the programme,dramatic reduction in mortality and morbidity related to infectious diseases have been observed.Of concern,there has been increasing number of parents recently who are against childhood vaccination.The impact of the decision is massive,not only to their own children,but also to the other children.Parents’ knowledge is the major factor that contribute to their decision for immunisation.Therefore,parents should be well-informed on the purpose of immunisation,so that they would not easily be deceived by anti-vacciners propaganda,particularly in the social media.
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author Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati
Ramli, Shalinawati
Ismail, Zarini
spellingShingle Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati
Ramli, Shalinawati
Ismail, Zarini
Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
author_facet Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati
Ramli, Shalinawati
Ismail, Zarini
author_sort Mohamed, Nurul Azmawati
title Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
title_short Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
title_full Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Parents’ Knowledge Towards Childhood Immunisation: A Pilot Study
title_sort understanding parents’ knowledge towards childhood immunisation: a pilot study
publishDate 2016
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9992
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