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Does an educational intervention improve parents' knowledge about immunization? Experience from Malaysia

Awadh AI 1 , Hassali MA , Al-Lela OQ , Bux SH , Elkalmi RM , Hadi H

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  • 1 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Malaysia. ammarehsan@yahoo.com
BMC Pediatr, 2014;14:254.
PMID: 25284603 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-254

Abstract

Parents' knowledge about immunization is an important predictor factor for their children's immunization status. The aims of this study were to assess parents' knowledge and to evaluate the effect of a short educational intervention on improving parents' knowledge of childhood immunization.

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