Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Primary Immunization among Children in Malaysia: Reasons for Incomplete Vaccination

Primary Immunization among Children

Incomplete primary immunization against vaccine preventable diseases is a significant public health problem. This study aimed to identify population at-risk for incomplete immunization and their associated factors.

Data on immunization module from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2016 was analyzed. This survey was conducted as a nation-wide community based survey using stratified random sampling design.

Immunization history of children aged 12 to 23 months from the randomly selected addresses were taken from their mothers by face-to-face interview using mobile device.

No comments:

Post a Comment