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ABSTRACT: Background
Immunization is an effective public health intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality among children and it will become more effective if the child can receive the full course of recommended immunization doses. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood immunization defaulters and its associated factors among children below 5 years attending registered child care centers in Petaling District, Selangor.Methods
This was a cross-sectional survey among mothers with children below 5 years from 60 registered child care centers in District of Petaling, Selangor. Data was collected by a self-administered questionnaire from a total of 1015 mothers. Simple Logistic Regression, Chi-square or Fisher's exact test were performed to determine the association between individual categorical variables and childhood immunization defaulters. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the predictors of childhood immunization defaulters.Results
The study showed that the prevalence rate for defaulting immunization was 20.7%. After adjusting all confounders, six statistically significant predictors of childhood immunization defaulters were determined. They were non-Muslims (aOR?=?1.669, 95% CI?=?1.173, 2.377, p?=?0.004), mothers with diploma and below educational background (aOR?=?2.296, 95% CI?=?1.460, 3.610, p?ConclusionThis study highlights the need of implementation of intervention programs should be intensified to improve the childhood immunization status, focusing on the Non-Muslim community, mothers with low educational level, mothers with multiple children and mothers with children aged 2?years and below. In light of the growing problem of immunization defaulters in Malaysian children, identifying mothers at risk of not completing their children immunization schedule and educating them is an important strategy to recurrent outbreaks of infectious disease in the country.
SUBMITTER: Krishna D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751745 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krishna Damyanthy D Mohd Zulkefli Nor Afiah NA Md Said Salmiah S Mahmud Aidalina A
BMC public health 20190918 1
<h4>Background</h4>Immunization is an effective public health intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality among children and it will become more effective if the child can receive the full course of recommended immunization doses. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood immunization defaulters and its associated factors among children below 5 years attending registered child care centers in Petaling District, Selangor.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a cross-sectional ...[more]