Public Perceptions About Immunization in Indonesia: National Online Survey.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.1822Keywords:
Perception, Immunization, Vaccination, Childhood, Indonesia.Abstract
Background: Immunization is one of the ways to build an immunity to a child by injecting vaccines to
prevent certain disease. Nationally, immunization coverage continued to increase but the coverage gap in
some areas in Indonesia due to the negative perceptions of immunization that affect to the arising outbreaks
of certain diseases.
Objective: The study is aimed to identify and to analyze the perceptions of Indonesian society (aged ?18
years) about the importance of immunization and the sources of information about vaccines using Likert
scale.
Method: The method is a descriptive-analytic, applying cross-sectional survey using online questionnaire
instruments.
Results: The results of the study from 2050 respondents showed that 1184 respondents (57.8%) received
information sources on vaccines from health workers, overall respondents believed (86.4%) of immunization
and the factors which are related significantly to vaccination perception were age, gender, education, income,
and job with p value <0.05.
Conclusion: Vaccination is an important activity for early childhood. Factors that significantly affect public
perception of vaccination in general are age, gender, education level, income, number of children, and
occupation.