Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country. The recent surge in vaccine-preventable disease enticed us to survey to measure the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception of Muslim parents toward the vaccination process. Researchers collected the data under four segments such as demography, Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception. The questionnaire had high internal consistency (0.823) for Cronbach’s alpha. The sociodemographic determinants such as marital status (OR = 1.12; 0.91–1.38;p < .05), education level (college OR = 1.35; 1.12–1.64;p < .05, secondary OR = 1.22; 1.01–1.47;p < .05) and the occupation of parents (OR = 1.25; 1.07–1.45;p < .05) were observed affecting the Knowledge score significantly. The majority of Malaysian Muslim parents believed that “vaccine is not prohibited in Islam,” Most of them also rejected the belief that “all vaccines are non-halal and hence should be avoided”. None of the sociodemographic determinants significantly affected the Attitude and Perception score of the Muslim parents. Researchers observed that the Attitude and Perception score did not establish any association with any socio-demographic determinants. Hence, the null hypothesis that Malaysian Muslim parents had positive Attitudes and good Perceptions toward the vaccination process was accepted.
Reference: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2020.1800325
