this study was conducted to explore mothers’ knowledge and attitude towards childhood immunization in Sibu, Sarawak. Prospective Cross-sectional Study on Mother’s Knowledge and Attitude on Childhood Immunisation in Sibu Hospital Mothers in ANW , PNW a and 3 paediatric medical wards in Sibu Hospital Screen for inclusion criteria (n= 473) Excluded (n= 62) Data analysis Inclusion criteria •Mothers with child/ children with age of 0 to 15 years old. •Comprehends Malay or English Data collection forms Part 1: Patient demographics Part 2: Knowledge (Ammar et al) Part 3: Attitude (Abdullah et al) Part 4: Willingness to pay for non- scheduled vaccinesb a ANW= Antenatal ward. PNW= Postnatal ward. b Non-scheduled vaccine: Vaccines not provided free from national immunisation schedule Materials and methods Introduction Data collection (n=201) (Self administered questionnaire)* Jude Siong Yip Kiong1, Tang Shi Ying1, Wong Zhen Zhen1, Philip Tang Tung Ying1 1 Department of Pharmacy, Sibu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia P-92 NMRR-20-775-53752 Young mothers in Sibu generally have moderate knowledge and positive attitude towards childhood immunisation. More than 70% of subjects are willing to pay for influenza and hepatitis A vaccination. We would like to encourage healthcare providers to give more information about childhood vaccination to mothers during Maternal and Child Health (MCH) follow up and offer influenza or hepatitis A vaccination in private clinics if parents are willing. Discussion/ Conclusion Results 1 2 3 4 Study Design: Cross-Sectional study Target population: Mothers in Sibu Hospital Sampling method: Data collection was done in 7 randomly selected working days in antenatal ward (ANW), Postnatal ward (PNW) and 3 paediatric medical wards. Figure 2: Research outline Result 1: Demographic data. (n=201) Result 2: Knowledge score Result 3: Attitude REFERENCES: 1. Kusnin F. Immunisation programme in Malaysia. Vaccinology 2017: International symposium for asia pacific experts. Available from: URL: https://www.fondation-merieux.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/vaccinology-2017-faridah-kusnin.pdf 2. Abdullah AC, binti Mohd Zulkefli NA, Rosliza AM. Predictors for inadequate knowledge and negative attitude towards childhood immunization among parents in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. Malaysian J Public Heal Med. 2018;18(1):102–12. 3. Awadh AI, Hassali MA, Al-lela OQ, Bux SH, Elkalmi RM, Hadi H. Does an educational intervention improve parents’ knowledge about immunization? Experience from Malaysia. BMC Pediatr. 2014;14(1):1–7. Vaccine refusal in Malaysia has been increasing trend since 2013 due to anti- vaccine influence. Since parents are the main decision makers for their children to have immunization, Figure 1: Vaccine refusal in Malaysia Refused (n= 210) Mean knowledge score: 6.43 (SD 1.88) out of total score 10 There were no significant association between sociodemographic data and knowledge score >80% agrees to positive attitude statements 37.8% are worried about side effects after vaccination. 43.4% would be discouraged for vaccination if their friend did not vaccinate their children with certain vaccine Result 4: Willingness to pay for Non-scheduled vaccines