Keberkesanan Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan di Malaysia Timur

Jafar, Adi; George, Fionna; Meri, Aisah; Chong, Vun Hung; Mapa, Mohammad Tahir; Sakke, Nordin; Atang, Colonius; Dollah, Ramli; Joko, Eko Prayitno; Baco, Zainuddin

doi:10.47405/mjssh.v6i7.859

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“…Therefore, several drastic measures have been taken by governments all around the world to reduce the risk of the COVID-19 pandemic transmission. The Malaysian government, for instance, has implemented lockdowns and the National COVID-19 Immunisation Program (PICK) to curb the further spread of the virus [11]. Unfortunately, the implementation of lockdowns or Movement Control Order (MCO) over a long period of time in several countries [12], including Malaysia, has caused an economic crisis, either at the individual or national level.…”

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia: Exploring factors and identifying highly vulnerable groups

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Vaccine hesitancy is a global health challenge in controlling the virulence of pandemics. The prevalence of vaccine hesitancy will put highly vulnerable groups, such as the elderly or groups with pre-existing health conditions, at a higher risk, as seen with the outbreak of the pandemic Covid-19. Based on the trends of vaccine hesitancy in the state of Sabah, located in East Malaysia, this study seeks to identify several variables that contribute to vaccine hesitancy. In addition to this, this study also determines which groups are affected by vaccine hesitancy based on their demographics. This study is based on a sampling of 1,024 Sabahan population aged 18 and above through an online and face-to-face questionnaire. The raw data was analysed using the K-Means Clustering Analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis Test, and frequency. The K-Means Clustering found that more than half of the total number of respondents (Cluster 2 = 51.9%) tend to demonstrate vaccine hesitancy. Based on the PCA analysis, six main factors were found to cause vaccine hesitancy in Sabah: confidence (var(X) = 21.6%), the influence of local authority (var(X) = 12.1%), ineffectiveness of mainstream media (var(X) = 8.4%), complacency (var(X) = 7.4%), social media (var(X) = 6.4%), and convenience issues (var(X) = 5.8%). Findings from both Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests demonstrate that several factors of group demographics, such as employment status, level of education, religion, gender, and marital status, may explain the indicator of vaccine hesitancy. In particular, specific groups tend to become vaccine hesitancy such as, unemployed, self-employed, students, male, single, level of education, and Muslim. Findings from this empirical study are crucial to inform the relevant local authorities on the level of vulnerability among certain groups in facing the hazards of COVID-19. The main contribution of this study is that it seeks to analyse the factors behind vaccine hesitancy and identifies which groups more likely hesitant toward vaccines based on their demographics.

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“…Moreover, the vaccine registration method is through online registration, thus further dwindling the local access in Sabah, making it difficult to enable citizens to register for the immunization program. 71 Other than Google Form, data collection through face-to-face interaction can cover remote areas such as in Kuala Penyu, Beaufort, and Kota Belud. However, the sampling size from the face-to-face method is less than the sampling size obtained from Google Form.…”

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Public Perception Toward the Malaysian National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) in the State of Sabah, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Jafar,

Dollah,

Sakke

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Disaster med. public health prep.

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The Malaysian Government has initiated the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, known as PICK, to be a national strategy for addressing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic across the country. Although the government intensified public awareness to increase program registration, the total number that registered in the state of Sabah, located in East Malaysia, was relatively low during August 2021, accounting for only 42.9% as compared to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Therefore, this paper examines the public perception toward the PICK program in Sabah based on 4 main components: safety, communication, psychology, and milieu. This study is based on the empirical findings drawn from 1024 respondents across Sabah using online Google Form surveys. This study adopts 5 methodologies for data analysis by using K-means clustering, mean score, Mann–Whitney U test, spatial analysis, and frequency analysis. It has been revealed that the percentage of respondents (categorized as Cluster 1) who have a negative perception toward the vaccination program is higher (55.9%) than those who have a positive perception (44.1%). This study further discovered that Cluster 1 has shown high skepticism regarding the vaccination program, which can be explained through the communication component (M = 3.33, SD = 0.588), especially Co2, Co3, Co1, and Co4. Following the communication factor, a chain of negative perceptions also affects other components such as safety, psychology, and milieu among Cluster 1, all of which contribute to poor participation in the PICK program. The study outcomes are extremely useful for informing local authorities to establish policies related to public interests, primarily in the areas of public health. Understanding the community’s perspectives and their obstacles in participating in such programs may assist local authorities in developing or implementing public policies and campaigns that ensure such related public programs can be conducted more effectively in the future.

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“…Furthermore, if a large number of the population in the community has been vaccinated, this can create a condition of herd immunity as stated by epidemiologists. If the condition of the community has reached the stage of what is called herd immunity, it is possible to hope to start a normal life as before [29][30][31][32][33][34] (Fig. 3).…”

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Perceptions and Willingness of Young Citizens for Covid-19 Vaccination in Indonesia

Saputra¹,

Reuwpassa²

2022

Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Science and Education (ICOSSED 2021)

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The purpose of this study is to describe the perceptions and willingness of young citizens to be vaccinated against Covid 19. This study uses an online survey from Google Form with 376 respondents. The results of this study found that the average age of the respondents was 19 years, and the majority were female. A total of 35 people () refused to be vaccinated against Covid 19. They were effective that vaccines were dangerous, vaccines ineffective, vaccines were not halal, felt healthy and did not want to pay to be vaccinated. The overview of the survey results shows that respondents stated that they had to be vaccinated even though some of them refused to be vaccinated against Covid 19.

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Keberkesanan Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan di Malaysia Timur

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia: Exploring factors and identifying highly vulnerable groups

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia: Exploring factors and identifying highly vulnerable groups

Public Perception Toward the Malaysian National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) in the State of Sabah, Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Perceptions and Willingness of Young Citizens for Covid-19 Vaccination in Indonesia

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