Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan

Vaccines are introduced as one of the most effective tools to prevent infectious diseases. The existence of barriers which prevent people from vaccinated cause the decreasing of vaccination coverage. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge towards vaccination among the Health Sciences s...

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Main Author:	Wan Ruslan, Wan Nur Izyani
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Immunology Study and teaching
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50487/1/50487.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.504872021-09-15T01:48:28Z Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan 2019 Wan Ruslan, Wan Nur Izyani Immunology Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Study and teaching Vaccinotherapy. Vaccines Vaccines are introduced as one of the most effective tools to prevent infectious diseases. The existence of barriers which prevent people from vaccinated cause the decreasing of vaccination coverage. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge towards vaccination among the Health Sciences students of UiTM Puncak Alam. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 328 students and all the subjects were answered with the Vaccination Questionnaire where knowledge towards vaccination was determined. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were used to compare the difference. The result showed that overall students had a mean knowledge score of 6.62 (SD=1.97). Besides, the result of the knowledge based on genders shown that male students had a mean knowledge score of 6.17 (SD=2.056) and female students had 7.07 (SD=1.774). There was a significant difference in knowledge score between genders towards vaccination. In conclusion, overall of the students had adequate knowledge towards vaccination, but female students shown better vaccination knowledge compared to male students. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50487/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50487/1/50487.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Health Sciences Bahari, Mazura
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description	Vaccines are introduced as one of the most effective tools to prevent infectious diseases. The existence of barriers which prevent people from vaccinated cause the decreasing of vaccination coverage. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge towards vaccination among the Health Sciences students of UiTM Puncak Alam. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 328 students and all the subjects were answered with the Vaccination Questionnaire where knowledge towards vaccination was determined. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were used to compare the difference. The result showed that overall students had a mean knowledge score of 6.62 (SD=1.97). Besides, the result of the knowledge based on genders shown that male students had a mean knowledge score of 6.17 (SD=2.056) and female students had 7.07 (SD=1.774). There was a significant difference in knowledge score between genders towards vaccination. In conclusion, overall of the students had adequate knowledge towards vaccination, but female students shown better vaccination knowledge compared to male students.
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qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Wan Ruslan, Wan Nur Izyani
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author_sort	Wan Ruslan, Wan Nur Izyani
title	Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan
title_short	Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan
title_full	Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan
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title_sort	knowledge towards vaccination among students in faculty of health sciences, uitm puncak alam / wan nur izyani wan ruslan
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam)
granting_department	Faculty of Health Sciences
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url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50487/1/50487.pdf
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Knowledge towards vaccination among students in Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM Puncak Alam / Wan Nur Izyani Wan Ruslan

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