Mothers’ knowledge, perception and practice of childhood immunization in Enugu

Tagbo, BN; Uleanya, ND; Nwokoye, IC; Jc, Eze; Omotowo, I. B.

doi:10.4314/njp.v39i3.1

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“…Despite the fact that greater than half of respondents in this study have mentioned correctly the time when infants should begin and finish vaccination, only 23.8% of mothers correctly knew the objective of immunization (i.e. 'to prevent specific and killer diseases').This is consistent with the response of mothers in rural Nigeria which indicated that only 20.1% [14] and contradicts with another finding in Enugu, Nigeria, 81.2% of respondents mentioned correctly the objective of immunization [15]. The inconsistency between the present participants and the later Nigerian participants may be due to educational status differences in respondents since only 47% of mothers in the present study and 90% of mothers in Nigeria attended secondary school up to higher education.…”

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“…Accordingly, Infants in Health Centers at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia literate mothers attending grade 1-8 th were about two times (AOR= 1.781, 95% CI: 1.035, 3.065) more likely to have good knowledge of immunization than illiterate mothers. Similarly, other study findings conducted in United Arab Emirates and Enugu (Nigeria) mothers attending secondary or higher educational status was significantly associated with good knowledge and acceptance of immunization [15,9]. In addition to literacy status, mothers who had infants aged from 3-9 months and 9-12 months old were about two times more likely to have good knowledge of immunization than mothers who had infants below one month.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Towards Immunization of Infants in Health Centres at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Birhanu¹

2016

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Abstract:Background: In Ethiopia, a considerable proportion of childhood morbidity and mortality is due to vaccine preventable diseases. According to EDHS 2011, only 24% of children were fully vaccinated nationally. Mothers' knowledge, attitude and practice are key tools to decrease dropout rates and to prevent or control infectious diseases. Thus, this study was aimed to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of mothers regarding infant immunization and their associated factors in immunization clinic in health centers at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1 st to April 1 st , 2013. Multi stage sampling technique was used for participant selection. Participants were interviewed with structured questionnaire for different variables. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression analyses were performed during data analysis. Results: Only 55.0%, 53.8%, and 84% of respondents had good knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice towards immunization of infants, respectively. Maternal education (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR[= 1.781, 95% CI: 1.035, 3.065), respondents who had infants aged from 3-9 months (AOR=1.947, 95% CI:1.051, 3.607), 9-12 months (AOR =2.305, 95% CI: 1.216, 4.371) and mothers who gave births greater or equal to two times (AOR = 1.560, 95% CI: 1.087, 2.238) were significantly associated with knowledge of mothers regarding immunization of infants. Mothers' education (AOR = 2.160, 95% CI: 1.208, 3.864) and mothers who had infants' aged from 2-3 months (AOR = 2.014, 95% CI: 1.044, 3.883) were significantly association with favorable attitude towards immunization of infants. Good infant immunization practice was significantly associated with mothers who heard information about vaccination (AOR=1.784, 95% CI: 1.002, 3.176), mothers who know correctly the time when infants should begin immunization (AOR=2.240, 95% CI: 1.198, 4.192), know the number of sessions needed (AOR=1.772, 95% CI: 1.076, 2.918), know the time when infants should complete immunization (AOR=1.800, 95% CI: 1.123, 2.885) and place of delivery (AOR=23.829, 95% CI: 10.025, 56.639). Conclusions: Knowledge and attitude of mothers' about infant vaccination was not adequate. Despite inadequate knowledge and attitude of mothers towards infant immunization, 84.0% of mothers found in Addis Ababa had good practice of infants' immunization. Health education to promote knowledge and attitude based immunization practice is recommended.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Towards Immunization of Infants in Health Centres at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Birhanu¹

2016

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“…Childhood vaccination has contributed to major global reductions in morbidity and mortality [1,2] and is considered to be the most successful public health intervention in terms of number of deaths averted per year [3,4]. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimate that 1.5 million children worldwide continue to die from vaccine-preventable diseases every year because of sub-optimal vaccination coverage [5].…”

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Vaccination coverage and factors associated with adherence to the vaccination schedule in young children of a rural area in Burkina Faso

Kagoné

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Nebié

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Global Health Action

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Background: Vaccination is an important tool for reducing infectious disease morbidity and mortality. In the past, less than 80% of children 12–23 months of age were fully immunized in Burkina Faso. Objectives: To describe coverage and assess factors associated with adherence to the vaccination schedule in rural area Burkina Faso. Methods: The study population was extracted from the Nouna Health and Demographic surveillance system cohort. Data from four rounds of interviews conducted between November 2012 and June 2014 were considered. This study included 4016 children aged 12–23 months. We assessed the effects of several background factors, including sex, factors reflecting access to health care (residence, place of birth), and maternal factors (age, education, marital status), on being fully immunized defined as having received Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), three doses of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis and oral polio vaccine, and measles vaccine by 12 months of age. The associations were studied using binomial regression to derive prevalence ratios (PRs) in univariate and multivariate regression models. Results: The full vaccination coverage increased significantly over time (72% in 2012, 79% in 2013, and 81% in 2014, p = 0.003), and the coverage was significantly lower in urban than in rural areas (PR 0.84; 0.80–0.89). Vaccination coverage was neither influenced by sex nor influenced by place of birth or by maternal factors. Conclusion: The study documented a further improvement in full vaccination coverage in Burkina Faso in recent years and better vaccination coverage in rural than in urban areas. The organization of healthcare systems with systematic outreach activities in the rural areas may explain the difference between rural and urban areas.

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“…It is confirmed in another study by Hamid [12], that many of the mothers did not know that tuberculosis is prevented by BCG vaccines [20]. In contrast to Tagbo et al [21] mothers had a good knowledge of child immunization. They knew that children need to be immunized and 89.9% knew the contents of the vaccines are substances that prevent the killer diseases.…”

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“…They knew that children need to be immunized and 89.9% knew the contents of the vaccines are substances that prevent the killer diseases. The majority of mothers (80.9%) stated that they will continue with immunization even though the child suffered an adverse effect [21].…”

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Awareness and Characteristics of the Mothers of Malnourished Children Under 5 Years Old on South Tarawa, Kiribati in 2016: A Descriptive Study

Mohammadnezhad¹

2017

MOJWH

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Introduction: Childhood malnutrition is the primary cause of death in approximately 35% of all deaths among children under the age of 5 years. Considering the fact that the number of malnutrition cases from 2010 to 2014 in Kiribati ranged from 8.6% to 20%, mother mothers are the primary caretakers to these vulnerable and innocent children. As there is no any study till now, this descriptive study is conducted to determine the awareness and characteristics of the mothers of malnourished children under 5 years old on South Tarawa, Kiribati in 2016. Methodology:This quantitative cross-sectional study is conducted among 82 women with children under 5 years old who were identified as being malnourished in 11 public health clinics. A purposive sampling was used to achieve the participants for this study. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the data. Those who met the study inclusion and exclusion criteria were invited to fill the questionnaire. Participants were informed about the aim and the procedure of the study using an information sheet. This data was exported to SPSS Version 22 for data cleaning and analysis.Results: Two thirds of the women in the study were between 19-32 years of age and about half of them pointed that their household's population was highest among 5-8 people. Participating mothers had low knowledge about breastfeeding, complementary feeding, dietary practice and immunization. About half of the mothers were not aware that the appropriate time to start complementary feeding is after 6 months old. 22 (26.8%) of the respondents stated they knew that a balanced diet was eating body building, energy and protective foods. Almost 80% of the mothers thought that a child between 2 to 4 years old should have more serves of protective foods in their meals. About (71%) of the mothers did not know that the use of BCG injection given to a child during birth is to protect against tuberculosis. Conclusion:This study highlighted the importance of mother awareness on children malnutrition in Kiribati. Health promotion should be reinforced at child welfare clinics, health facilities and at community level to improve parents' knowledge of the recommended infant and child feeding practices.

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Mothers’ knowledge, perception and practice of childhood immunization in Enugu

Abstract: associated with knowledge and acceptance of immunization. These findings are important in the design and implementation of childhood immunization programmes.

Cited by 38 publications

References 8 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Towards Immunization of Infants in Health Centres at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Towards Immunization of Infants in Health Centres at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Vaccination coverage and factors associated with adherence to the vaccination schedule in young children of a rural area in Burkina Faso

Awareness and Characteristics of the Mothers of Malnourished Children Under 5 Years Old on South Tarawa, Kiribati in 2016: A Descriptive Study

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