*Zaikiah Mohd. Zin, Manimaran Krishnan, Sheikh Shafizal Sheikh Ilman, Norrafizah Jaafar, Mohamad Zaidan Zulkepli, Khairulnissa Abdul Kadir, & Normawati Ahmad
Abstract: Vaccination represents a relevant and timely focus area for communication studies as vaccination is one of the key preventions for vaccine-preventable diseases recognised by national public health policies. However, in recent years, Malaysia has witnessed an era of vaccine refusal. Therefore, this study aims to explore the reasons for parental rejection of childhood vaccination. This is a qualitative study conducted in 2017–2018 with the help of the purposive sampling technique. Twenty-seven...