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Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza

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Main Authors: Idari, Ismail, Ahmad Hafiy, Ahmad Zaki, ‘Ain Nazierah, Abdul Rahim, Ayu Najihah, Azizan, Mohd Noor Azam, Nafi, Norafefah, Mohamad Sobri
Other Authors: idari512@uitm.edu.my
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Engineering Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2023
Subjects:
Influenza
Influenza vaccine
Vaccine intention
Parents’ intention
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spelling my.unimap-777172023-01-25T04:04:43Z Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza Idari, Ismail Ahmad Hafiy, Ahmad Zaki ‘Ain Nazierah, Abdul Rahim Ayu Najihah, Azizan Mohd Noor Azam, Nafi Norafefah, Mohamad Sobri idari512@uitm.edu.my Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan, Bukit Ilmu, Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia Influenza Influenza vaccine Vaccine intention Parents’ intention Link to publisher's homepage at https://amci.unimap.edu.my/ Globally, this influenza virus creates a year-round burden of disease, and vaccination is the most effective strategy in preventing influenza. A cross sectional study was carried out to examine parental intention to vaccinate their children against influenza. This study also aims to identify factors that influence the parental intention. A total of 167 parents were selected by stratified random sampling. An online self-reported questionnaire was distributed to the selected participants. The predictors were classified into three parts; demographic characteristics, Health Belief Model (perceived barriers, perceived benefits, perceived susceptibilities and perceived severity), knowledge of influenza. The dependent variable is parents’ intention to vaccinate their children against influenza where it is categorized into dichotomous categories (0 and 1); 0 denoting that the parents will probably vaccinate their children (low likelihood) and 1 denoting that the parents will definitely vaccinate their children (high likelihood). Binary logistic regression was employed to obtain a predictive model and to identify the significant factors that affect parent’s intention. The results found that 32.3% have a low likelihood to their children and 67.7% of the parents have a high likelihood. The binary logistic regression results suggested that gender, perceived benefits (“Influenza vaccines are safe for children.”), perceived susceptibility (“My children have a high risk of influenza.” and “My children get sick more easily than other children do.”), perceived severity (“Influenza infection may cause serious health problems.”) and knowledge about influenza were significantly associated to parents’ intention to vaccinate their children. 2023-01-25T04:04:43Z 2023-01-25T04:04:43Z 2022-12 Article Applied Mathematics and Computational Intelligence (AMCI), vol.11(1), 2022, pages 21-34 2289-1315 (print) 2289-1323 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77717 en Institute of Engineering Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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topic Influenza
Influenza vaccine
Vaccine intention
Parents’ intention
spellingShingle Influenza
Influenza vaccine
Vaccine intention
Parents’ intention
Idari, Ismail
Ahmad Hafiy, Ahmad Zaki
‘Ain Nazierah, Abdul Rahim
Ayu Najihah, Azizan
Mohd Noor Azam, Nafi
Norafefah, Mohamad Sobri
Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
description Link to publisher's homepage at https://amci.unimap.edu.my/
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Idari, Ismail
Ahmad Hafiy, Ahmad Zaki
‘Ain Nazierah, Abdul Rahim
Ayu Najihah, Azizan
Mohd Noor Azam, Nafi
Norafefah, Mohamad Sobri
format Article
author Idari, Ismail
Ahmad Hafiy, Ahmad Zaki
‘Ain Nazierah, Abdul Rahim
Ayu Najihah, Azizan
Mohd Noor Azam, Nafi
Norafefah, Mohamad Sobri
author_sort Idari, Ismail
title Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
title_short Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
title_full Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
title_fullStr Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
title_sort factors affecting parents’ intention to vaccinate children against influenza
publisher Institute of Engineering Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
publishDate 2023
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/77717
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