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Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis

After 27 years, Malaysia reported polio cases in 2019 involving the children of the undocumented migrants living in Sabah. These undocumented migrants present a significant challenge in achieving the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). Due to the recent polio outbreak among the undocu...

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Main Authors: Michal Christina Steven, Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim, Haryati Abdul Karim, Prabakaran Dhanaraj, Kelly Alexius Mansin
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Published: Seventh Sense Research Group 2021
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HT201-221 City population: Including children in cities, immigration
RA638 Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
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spelling my.ums.eprints.329142022-06-21T02:42:23Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/ Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis Michal Christina Steven Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim Haryati Abdul Karim Prabakaran Dhanaraj Kelly Alexius Mansin HT201-221 City population: Including children in cities, immigration RA638 Immunity and immunization in relation to public health After 27 years, Malaysia reported polio cases in 2019 involving the children of the undocumented migrants living in Sabah. These undocumented migrants present a significant challenge in achieving the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). Due to the recent polio outbreak among the undocumented migrant children in Sabah, an in-depth interview was conducted among the caregivers of undocumented migrant children to identify the barriers and drivers towards vaccinating their children. Financial barriers, legal citizenship status, language barrier, the COVID-19 pandemic, and physical barriers have been the barriers to access vaccination services by undocumented migrants. Five significant drivers for undocumented migrants to vaccinate their children are social influence, fear of disease, parental trust in healthcare providers, good support, and vaccine availability. Necessary action should be taken immediately to address the problems of vaccinating the children of undocumented migrants to prevent the re-emergence of VPD. Seventh Sense Research Group 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/1/Barriers%20and%20drivers%20towards%20the%20use%20of%20childhood%20vaccination%20services%20by%20undocumented%20migrant%20caregivers%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/2/Barriers%20and%20drivers%20towards%20the%20use%20of%20childhood%20vaccination%20services%20by%20undocumented%20migrant%20caregivers%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Michal Christina Steven and Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim and Haryati Abdul Karim and Prabakaran Dhanaraj and Kelly Alexius Mansin (2021) Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis. International Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, 15. pp. 247-256. ISSN 2454-7484 https://publications.waset.org/10012176/barriers-and-drivers-towards-the-use-of-childhood-vaccination-services-by-undocumented-migrant-caregivers-in-sabah-malaysia-a-qualitative-analysis
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topic HT201-221 City population: Including children in cities, immigration
RA638 Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
spellingShingle HT201-221 City population: Including children in cities, immigration
RA638 Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
Michal Christina Steven
Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim
Haryati Abdul Karim
Prabakaran Dhanaraj
Kelly Alexius Mansin
Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
description After 27 years, Malaysia reported polio cases in 2019 involving the children of the undocumented migrants living in Sabah. These undocumented migrants present a significant challenge in achieving the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). Due to the recent polio outbreak among the undocumented migrant children in Sabah, an in-depth interview was conducted among the caregivers of undocumented migrant children to identify the barriers and drivers towards vaccinating their children. Financial barriers, legal citizenship status, language barrier, the COVID-19 pandemic, and physical barriers have been the barriers to access vaccination services by undocumented migrants. Five significant drivers for undocumented migrants to vaccinate their children are social influence, fear of disease, parental trust in healthcare providers, good support, and vaccine availability. Necessary action should be taken immediately to address the problems of vaccinating the children of undocumented migrants to prevent the re-emergence of VPD.
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author Michal Christina Steven
Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim
Haryati Abdul Karim
Prabakaran Dhanaraj
Kelly Alexius Mansin
author_facet Michal Christina Steven
Mohd. Yusof Ibrahim
Haryati Abdul Karim
Prabakaran Dhanaraj
Kelly Alexius Mansin
author_sort Michal Christina Steven
title Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
title_short Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
title_full Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
title_fullStr Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
title_full_unstemmed Barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in Sabah, Malaysia: a qualitative analysis
title_sort barriers and drivers towards the use of childhood vaccination services by undocumented migrant caregivers in sabah, malaysia: a qualitative analysis
publisher Seventh Sense Research Group
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/1/Barriers%20and%20drivers%20towards%20the%20use%20of%20childhood%20vaccination%20services%20by%20undocumented%20migrant%20caregivers%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/2/Barriers%20and%20drivers%20towards%20the%20use%20of%20childhood%20vaccination%20services%20by%20undocumented%20migrant%20caregivers%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32914/
https://publications.waset.org/10012176/barriers-and-drivers-towards-the-use-of-childhood-vaccination-services-by-undocumented-migrant-caregivers-in-sabah-malaysia-a-qualitative-analysis
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