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Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University

Abstract Vaccine hesitancy has surfaced globally within the last few decades, and the fears and misconceptions of people about vaccine safety and effectiveness have been identified as key factors for their under-utilization. The familiarity, attitudes, and religious beliefs of the public and of fut...

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Main Authors: Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Dyab, Eman Ali, Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati, Blebil, Ali, Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz, Jamshed, Shazia, Gajdács,, Márió
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spelling my.iium.irep.938982022-07-15T02:08:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/93898/ Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Dyab, Eman Ali Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati Blebil, Ali Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz Jamshed, Shazia Gajdács,, Márió RA Public aspects of medicine RS Pharmacy and materia medica Abstract Vaccine hesitancy has surfaced globally within the last few decades, and the fears and misconceptions of people about vaccine safety and effectiveness have been identified as key factors for their under-utilization. The familiarity, attitudes, and religious beliefs of the public and of future healthcare practitioners regarding vaccination are extensive areas needing exploration. The present exploratory cross-sectional study was designed, planned and carried out on students enrolled in health science and non-health science courses in one of the public universities of Malaysia. A research instrument that had been formulated, validated and subjected to reliability testing was used to collect the data, which were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A response rate of 80.8% (n = 202) was obtained: the majority were female (n = 161, 79.7%), and had been vaccinated before (n = 190, 97.5%), while a mere 2% did not support vaccination for reasons pertaining to safety issues. The vaccine familiarity score was 10.79 ± 1.4, which significantly differed among the study disciplines (p < 0.001). The mean of the total attitude score was 14.95 ± 1.5, with no significant difference among demographics being noted. The mean of the total religious beliefs score was 24.29 ± 2.8 and significantly differed based on gender (p = 0.040) and study disciplines (p < 0.001). The current findings showed that the participants were familiar with vaccines and had generally positive attitudes and positive religious beliefs toward vaccination; thus, one can expect that their inclusion in immunization campaigns will generate positive outcomes of the immunization program. Although the current research reported few knowledge gaps, these may be handled with the introduction of a specialized immunization course at an undergraduate level. MDPI 2021-11-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93898/7/93898_Attitude%2C%20Familiarity%20and%20Religious%20Beliefs.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93898/13/93898_Attitude%2C%20familiarity%20and%20religious%20beliefs_Scopus.pdf Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Dyab, Eman Ali and Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati and Blebil, Ali and Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz and Jamshed, Shazia and Gajdács,, Márió (2021) Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 11 (4). pp. 1462-1473. ISSN 2254-9625 https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/4/104/htm 10.3390/ejihpe11040104
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topic RA Public aspects of medicine
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
spellingShingle RA Public aspects of medicine
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Dyab, Eman Ali
Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati
Blebil, Ali
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Jamshed, Shazia
Gajdács,, Márió
Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
description Abstract Vaccine hesitancy has surfaced globally within the last few decades, and the fears and misconceptions of people about vaccine safety and effectiveness have been identified as key factors for their under-utilization. The familiarity, attitudes, and religious beliefs of the public and of future healthcare practitioners regarding vaccination are extensive areas needing exploration. The present exploratory cross-sectional study was designed, planned and carried out on students enrolled in health science and non-health science courses in one of the public universities of Malaysia. A research instrument that had been formulated, validated and subjected to reliability testing was used to collect the data, which were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A response rate of 80.8% (n = 202) was obtained: the majority were female (n = 161, 79.7%), and had been vaccinated before (n = 190, 97.5%), while a mere 2% did not support vaccination for reasons pertaining to safety issues. The vaccine familiarity score was 10.79 ± 1.4, which significantly differed among the study disciplines (p < 0.001). The mean of the total attitude score was 14.95 ± 1.5, with no significant difference among demographics being noted. The mean of the total religious beliefs score was 24.29 ± 2.8 and significantly differed based on gender (p = 0.040) and study disciplines (p < 0.001). The current findings showed that the participants were familiar with vaccines and had generally positive attitudes and positive religious beliefs toward vaccination; thus, one can expect that their inclusion in immunization campaigns will generate positive outcomes of the immunization program. Although the current research reported few knowledge gaps, these may be handled with the introduction of a specialized immunization course at an undergraduate level.
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author Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Dyab, Eman Ali
Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati
Blebil, Ali
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Jamshed, Shazia
Gajdács,, Márió
author_facet Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Dyab, Eman Ali
Mohd Suhaimi, Azyyati
Blebil, Ali
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Jamshed, Shazia
Gajdács,, Márió
author_sort Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
title Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
title_short Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
title_full Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
title_fullStr Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
title_full_unstemmed Attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a Malaysian Public University
title_sort attitude, familiarity and religious beliefs about vaccination among health science and non-health science students in a malaysian public university
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2021
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