Immunization knowledge and practice among Malaysian parents: a questionnaire development and pilot-testing
| Autor: | Hazrina Ab. Hadi, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Awadh, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Elkalmi, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Omer Qutaiba B. Al-lela, Siti Halimah Bux Shaikh Rahman Bux |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Parents Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Pilot Projects Validity Asian People Cronbach's alpha Surveys and Questionnaires Content validity medicine Humans Prospective Studies Questionnaire development Child Practice Descriptive statistics business.industry Knowledge level Public health Vaccination Malaysia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Construct validity Reliability Knowledge Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Family medicine Immunization Female Biostatistics business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1107 |
| Popis: | Background Parents are the main decision makers for their children vaccinations. This fact makes parents’ immunization knowledge and practices as predictor factors for immunization uptake and timeliness. The aim of this pilot study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument in Malaysian language to measure immunization knowledge and practice (KP) of Malaysian parents. Methods A cross-sectional prospective pilot survey was conducted among 88 Malaysian parents who attended public health facilities that provide vaccinations. Translated immunization KP questionnaires (Bahasa Melayu version) were used. Descriptive statistics were applied, face and content validity were assessed, and internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity were determined. Results The mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the knowledge scores was 7.36 ± 2.29 and for practice scores was 7.13 ± 2.20. Good internal consistency was found for knowledge and practice items (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.757 and 0.743 respectively); the test-retest reliability value was 0.740 (p = 0.014). A panel of three specialist pharmacists who are experts in this field judged the face and content validity of the final questionnaire. Parents with up-to-date immunized children had significantly better knowledge and practice scores than parents who did not (p |
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