Measles immunization acceptance in Southeast Asia: Past patterns and future challenges

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 791-804

  Serquina Ramiro, Laurie ^a   Kasniyah, Naniek ^b   Inthusoma, Tuanchai ^e   Higginbotham, Nick ^d   Streiner, David ^c   Nichter, Mark ^e   Freeman, Sonia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEASLES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035749212     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Anderson P. Another media scare about MMR vaccine hits. Br Med J 1999; 318: 1578.
2. Anonymous. Commentary of implications of immunization program. Proceedings of the Workshop of National Health in Indonesia, Jarkata, 16-21 March 1986: 16-8.
3. Becker MH. The health belief model and personal health behavior. Health Educ Monogr 1977; 2: 324-473.
4. Bolton-Maggs PH. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Arch Dis Child 2000; 83: 220-2.
5. Bond L, Nolan T, Pattison P, Carlin J. Vaccine preventable diseases and immunizations: a qualitative study of mothers' perceptions of severity, susceptibility, benefits. Aust J Public Health 1998; 22: 441-6.
6. CDC. Global measles control and regional elimination, 1998-1999. MMWR 1999a Dec 17; 48: 1124-30.
7. CDC. Measles control - Southeast Asia Region, 1990-1997 (follow-up report on measles reduction efforts as specified by the World Health Assembly). MMWR 1999b July 2; 48: 541-5.
8. Center for Health Research. Measles Working Group Newsletter. Jakarta: Center for Health Research, University of Indonesia; July 1990.
9. Cutts FT, Steinglass R. Should measles be eradicated? Br Med J 1998; 316: 765-7.
10. Department of Health, Philippines. Philippine health statistics: mortality for measles by age. Manila Department of Health, Republic of Philippines; 1990.
11. Grant JP. State of the world's children. Oxford: Oxford University Press for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 1989.
12. Gunawan S. Measles workshop concerned with child survival in Indonesia. Jakarta: Faculty of Community Medicine, University of Indonesia and Unit of Child Survival Research, University of Indonesia. 1-2 July 1987: 1-7.
13. Heggenhougen K, Clements J. Acceptability of childhood immunization, social science perspective London: The Evaluation and Planning Centre. Publication 14; 1987
14. Inthusoma T, Udomprasertgul V, Chianayon C, et al. A study of social factors and health beliefs related to measles immunization among slum children. In: Scientific Abstracts and CEU Executive Summaries from the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network. Cairo, Egypt: INCLEN, Jan 24-29 1993: 47.
15. Inthusoma T, Udomprasertgul V, Kungwarlnauvarat S, et al. Community organization and measles immunization knowledge of community leaders in slums. [Abstracts]. The Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network; 1991 Jan 20-25; Mombasa. Kenya: INCLEN, 1991: 34.
16. Kasniyah N. Social psychological determinants of Javanese mothers failure to immunize their children against measles. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, 1992. M Med Sci thesis.
17. th ed. St Louis: Mosby; 1998: 247-62.
18. Mansoor O, Sarfati D, Durham G. Is confidence in immunization declining? N Z Med J 1998; 111: 300.
19. Mason BW, Donnelly PD. Impact of a local newspaper campaign on the uptake of the measles mumps and rubella vaccine. J Epidemiol Commun Health 2000; 54: 473-4.
20. Ministry of Public Health, Thailand: Measles surveillance in Thailand. Weekly Epidemiol Surv Rep 1988; 19: 393-401.
21. Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Immunization analysis report. Bangkok: Veteran Welfare Agency Press, 1987.
22. Mitchell P. Public-health threat of measles-vaccine refusal spelled out. Lancet 1999; 354: 133.
23. Montgomery SM, Morris DL, Pounder RE, Wakefield AJ. Paramyxovirus infections in childhood and subsequent. Gastroenterology 1999; 116: 796-803.
24. National Vaccine Advisory Committee. The measles epidemic: the problems, barriers, and recommendations. JAMA 1991; 266: 1547-52.
25. Nichter M. Anthropology and international health: South Asian case studies. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989.
26. Nichter M. Immunization in the third world: A consideration of community demand. Paper read at the Global Immunization and Culture Workshop Center for International Rural and Environmental Health. Iowa: University of Iowa, March 4-6, 1993.
27. Pervikov Y. Measles, acute respiratory virus (ARV) and poliomyelitis vaccines. Diseases and vaccines [cited 2000 March 29:[3 screens]. Available from:URL: http://www.who.org/vaccines-diseases/research/virus/htm, 2000.
28. Ramos-Jimenez P, Rodriguez CA, Patino OL, Lim MB. Immunization in the Philippines: the social and cultural dimension. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis, 1999.
29. Rifkin S. Primary health care: on measuring participation. Soc Sci Med 1988; 26: 931-40.
30. Rosenstock IM. Historical origins of the health belief model. Health Educ Monogr 1974; 2: 470-3.
31. Salmon DA, Haber M, Gangarosa E, Phillips L, Smith NJ, Chen RT. Health consequences of religious and philosophical exemptions from immunization laws: individual and societal risks of measles. JAMA 1999; 282: 47-53.
32. Schneider-Schaulies S, ter Meulen V. Pathogenic aspects of measles virus. Arch Virol 1999; (suppl 15): 139-58.
33. Serguino-Ramiro L. Measles immunization acceptance in a Philippine rural community. The University of Newcastle, Newcastle Australia, 1994. M Med Sci thesis.
34. Shann F. A little bit of measles does you good: even if measles is eradicated, immunization may still be desirable in developing countries. Br Med J 1999; 319: 4-5.
35. Streefland P, Chowdery AMR, Ramos-Jimenez P. Patterns of vaccination acceptance. Soc Sci Med 1999; 49: 1705-16.
36. Sudarjat S, Immunization coverage for infants aged 3-14 Months. Visitor of Paediatrics, Denpasar General Hospital. Bali, Indonesia. Medika 1987; 4: 345.
37. Thailand Health Profile 1997-1998. Ministry of Health, Thailand, 2000.
38. WHO. World health statistical annuals. Geneva: WHO. 1992.
39. WHO. Expanded Program on Immunization. A spotlight on measles. EPI Alert No.6. Geneva: WHO. January, 1993.
40. WHO. Table A3. Basic indicators. Geneva: WHO. 1996.
41. st century: a vision for all. Geneva: WHO. 1998.
42. WHO. Graph 5. WHO infectious diseases report, 1999. [cited 2000 March 24]:[1 screen]. Available from: URL:http://www.org/infectious-disease-report/pages/graph5.html. 1999a.
43. WHO. The world health report 1999: Making a difference.Geneva: WHO. 1999b.
44. Zimmerman RK, Schlesselman JJ, Baird AL, Mieczkowski TA. A national survey to understand why physicians defer childhood immunizations. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997; 1512: 657-8.