Problems and Guidelines for Development of Registration Process and Vaccination of Muslims in Narathiwat Province to Reduce the Crisis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the New Cluster Efficiently

Abstract

This research is a mixed method study aimed 1) to study problems of registration process and vaccination among Muslims in Narathiwat province 2) to find guidelines for the development of the process and vaccination targeting to reduce the crisis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the new cluster. The information was gathered from various documents, for example, the Quran, Hadith, books, scholarly texts, fatwa (rulings) and other documents related to vaccines. The quantitative data were collected from students, lecturers in Islamic studies, general education teachers, medical personnel, government officers, employees in higher education institutions, mosque committee, provincial Islamic committee and general Muslims living in the area of Narathiwat province, total 400 people, selected by simple random sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire which received Cronbach's alpha coefficient at 0.99. Data were analyzed by mean and standard deviation. The qualitative data were collected via in-depth interview The samples included 10 key informants, selected by purposive random sampling. The qualitative data were analyzed with inductive reasoning method.
The results of the study found that 1) The problems of registration process and vaccination were at a high level ( = 3.96, S.D. = 1.03) and 2) The guidelines for the development of registration process and vaccination were at a high level ( = 4.04, S.D. = 1.01). In addition, according to the document analysis, it is suggested that the development of guidelines for people to receive vaccines should be emphasized on providing knowledge and accurate information about vaccines, allocating quality vaccines, along with the study of fatwa words (ruling) from an organization or the International Islamic Cooperation Council that does not conflict with Islamic principles, including organizing a mobile vaccination service unit in the form of a one-stop service to reach the target audience thoroughly comprehensive and sufficient.