dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-01T16:26:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-01T16:26:18Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-08-20T15:56:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Khai, Tual Sawn Asaduzzaman, Muhammad . Preventive knowledge, attitude, and vaccination challenges for COVID-19 among Myanmar refugees and irregular migrants in Malaysia. Vaccine: X. 2023, 15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/104238 | |
dc.description.abstract | Access to vaccinations is crucial for everyone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of migration or refugee status. This study explored COVID-19 prevention knowledge, attitudes, and vaccination challenges among refugees and irregular migrants from Myanmar in Malaysia. This study employed a descriptive mixed-method approach. Convenience sampling was used to conduct an online survey of 174 participants and two focus groups (N = 14). The majority (51.7 %) were refugees, and 48% were irregular migrant workers. In this study, 90.9% of the participants used social networks and social media chats to obtain information about COVID-19, 84.1% understood and found the vaccination campaign helpful, and 44.2% were aware of it. Although 70% of the participants considered vaccination crucial, 95% said that they would not take it because of fear of arrest and deportation, even though they considered vaccination necessary. Approximately 21.2% of the workers reported that their employers did not provide masks or hand sanitisers. Most of the participants (39.7 %) lived in dormitories provided by their employers. This puts them at a higher risk of infection because of the difficulty in practising social distancing. As part of COVID-19 prevention, the government should grant an amnesty period and work with migrant civil society organisations to administer vaccinations and effective measures for all immigrant populations in Malaysia. | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Preventive knowledge, attitude, and vaccination challenges for COVID-19 among Myanmar refugees and irregular migrants in Malaysia | |
dc.title.alternative | ENEngelskEnglishPreventive knowledge, attitude, and vaccination challenges for COVID-19 among Myanmar refugees and irregular migrants in Malaysia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Khai, Tual Sawn | |
dc.creator.author | Asaduzzaman, Muhammad | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,52,14,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Avdeling for samfunnsmedisin og global helse | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2168200 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Vaccine: X&rft.volume=15&rft.spage=&rft.date=2023 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Vaccine: X | |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100360 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 2590-1362 | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
cristin.articleid | 100360 | |