COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN: DISCREPANCY IN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN PARENTS IN SELANGOR

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI:10.37268/mjphm/vol.23/no.2/art.2130

Nik Nasihah Nik Ramli, None Mohd Syarafuddin Lokman, None Norzawani Shafika Rossman, None Deviga Genasan, None Wan Nur Hidayati Wan Sulaiman, None Siti Arffah Kamarulzaman

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Recent studies have reported findings on Malaysian public knowledge on COVID-19 infection and vaccination. However, there is still lack of report that explore this issue among the urban and rural parents in Malaysia. This study aims to compare the knowledge and attitudes on COVID-19 vaccination for children between parents living in the urban and rural areas of Selangor. Self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among parents living in urban and rural regions of Selangor. The three-part questionnaire assessed the demographic characteristics, knowledge, positive attitude, and negative attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination for children. Out of 302 respondents, there were 152 (50.3%) rural parents and 150 (49.7%) urban parents. The level of knowledge and positive attitude of urban parents were found to be significantly higher than the rural parents towards COVID-19 vaccination for children. Also, Spearman correlation indicated a moderate positive association between knowledge and positive attitude while there is a weak negative association between knowledge and negative attitude of the parents towards COVID-19 vaccination for children. This study highlighted the knowledge and attitude gaps between rural and urban parents towards COVID-19 immunization for children. Collaborative efforts from the government and private sectors are essential to promote effective health messaging and increase vaccine coverage in achieving herd immunity against COVID-19.

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儿童COVID-19疫苗接种:雪兰莪州城乡父母的知识和态度差异

最近的研究报告了马来西亚公众对COVID-19感染和疫苗接种的了解情况。然而，在马来西亚的城市和农村父母中，仍然缺乏探讨这一问题的报告。本研究旨在比较生活在雪兰莪州城市和农村地区的父母对儿童COVID-19疫苗接种的知识和态度。对生活在雪兰莪州城市和农村地区的父母进行了自我管理的问卷调查。问卷分为三部分，评估了儿童对COVID-19疫苗接种的人口统计学特征、知识、积极态度和消极态度。在302名受访者中，有152名(50.3%)来自农村，150名(49.7%)来自城市。城市家长对儿童新冠肺炎疫苗接种的知晓程度和积极态度均显著高于农村家长。Spearman相关表明，家长对儿童新冠肺炎疫苗接种的知识与积极态度存在中度正相关，而家长对儿童新冠肺炎疫苗接种的知识与消极态度存在弱负相关。该研究强调了农村和城市父母对儿童COVID-19免疫接种的知识和态度差距。政府和私营部门的合作努力对于促进有效的卫生信息传递和提高疫苗覆盖率以实现对COVID-19的群体免疫至关重要。

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Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine (MJPHM) is the official Journal of Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association. This is an Open-Access and peer-reviewed Journal founded in 2001 with the main objective of providing a platform for publication of scientific articles in the areas of public health medicine. . The Journal is published in two volumes per year. Contributors are welcome to send their articles in all sub-discipline of public health including epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, family health, infectious diseases, health services research, gerontology, child health, adolescent health, behavioral medicine, rural health, chronic diseases, health promotion, public health policy and management, health economics, occupational health and environmental health.