A Study to Assess and Correlate the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Vaccination among Mothers with Educational Status in a Teaching Hospital in South India

Sankar, Binai K; Rameh, Sambhu; Sunny, Aleena Maria

doi:10.4172/2167-1079.1000290

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“…In this study, 336 (80.4%) of mothers have heard information about infant immunization and 241 (57.7%) of them have access to information from health workers followed by 189 (45.2%) radio and 103 (24.6%) television. This is similar to a study carried out in Addis Ababa, 23 Nigeria, 24 Saudi Arabia, 25,26 Pakistan, 27 India, [28][29][30][31] Nepal, 32 Afghanistan, 33 Lithuania, 34 and Georgia, 35 and health care workers were the major source of information. This might be due to nowadays most of the parents got delivery service at a health facility with skilled birth attendants and health care worker plays an indispensable role, during ANC and PNC period by convincing parents to link the newborn baby to Immunization unit to acquire immunization service as well as the intimate relationship between a service provider and the parents at primary health care levels and these health facilities seem to be most readily available and accessible to the people.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…This study showed that 65.1% of the parents at 95% CI (60.8–69.4%) had good knowledge about infant vaccination which is higher than in study carried out in Addis Ababa (55%), 40 Egypt (31.2%), 41 Alma Dinah, Saudi Arabia (50.5%), 26 south India (50.43%), 29 Kerala, India (39.5%) 42 and Lithuania (36.3%). 34 But it is low compared with studies conducted in Minia city, Egypt 89.2%, 36 Nigeria, Lagos state (72%).…”

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confidence: 55%

“…The finding indicated that 231 (55.3%) of the parents at 95% CI: (50.4-60.4%) had good practice towards infant vaccination, which is lower than studies done in Addis Ababa (84%), 40 Libya (81%), 37 Edo State (Nigeria) (69.7%), 43 Jos North (Nigeria) (76.6%), 44 (86.4%), 39 Saudi Arabia (77.7%), 25 Al Madinah (Saudi Arabia) (92.8%), 26 and India (90.20%), 29 and rural areas (68.2%). 46 The inconsistency may be due to variation in socio-demographic characteristics, low levels of awareness, and unfavorable attitude towards immunization, and immunization is not mandatory and is not needed for school registration in our setup made immunization practice poor.…”

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confidence: 75%

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Parents About Immunization of Infants and Its Associated Factors in Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia, 2019

GebreEyesus¹,

Tarekegn²,

Amlak³

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Improving infant immunization coverage and timeliness is a key health policy objective in many developing countries such as Ethiopia. Despite this, full immunization coverage in Ethiopia becomes low with the concurrent significant burden of vaccine-preventable diseases among infants. A previously published study acknowledged that parental knowledge, attitude, and practice towards infant immunization are vital issues to improve coverage and influence uptake. Objective: To assess parents' knowledge, attitude, practice, and its associated factors regarding immunization of infants at Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia, 2019. Material and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was employed among 418 parents from March to April 2019 in Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia. A stratified sampling technique was used to approach the study subjects. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used. The collected data were cleaned, coded, and entered in EPI-Info 7.2 and transferred to SPSS version 25.0 for analysis. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to identify variables having a significant association with parental knowledge, attitude, and practice. Variables with a p-value of ≤0.05 and AOR with 95% CI were declared as having a statistically significant association during multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: In this study, 65.1%, 57.3%, and 55.3% of the parents had good knowledge, a favorable attitude, and good practice towards infant immunization, respectively. Parent's educational status (AOR=5.330), urban residency (AOR=2.788), favorable attitude (AOR=4.308) and got immunization service two-three times (AOR=3.227) and four-five times (AOR=2.254) were statistically associated with knowledge of parents. Parents who attend primary school [AOR=0.451) and secondary school [AOR=0.320), parents who were mothers of the child [AOR=3.813), and respondents who had good knowledge about infant immunization (AOR= 4.592) were significantly associated with a favorable parental attitude. Infant immunization practice was significantly associated with parental education who attend primary school (AOR=2.513), secondary school (AOR=2.546) and higher education (AOR=11.988), parents who had good knowledge of infant immunization (AOR= 4.206), and short waiting time (AOR=3.881). Conclusion and Recommendation:Parental KAP towards infant immunization was found to be lower than most of the study findings quoted in this study. Improving the knowledge, attitude, and practice of parents about immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases was recommended by providing health education and health promotion interventions.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Parents About Immunization of Infants and Its Associated Factors in Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia, 2019

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“…A study by Sunny et al, Bangalore (2018) also found doctors and nurse to be most important source of information on immunization. 13 A study conducted in Lucknow in 2005 reported that the paramedical workers were the main source of knowledge regarding immunization for fully and partially immunized respondents while unimmunized respondents were mainly influenced by community leaders. 2 A negative advice on vaccination by others, especially by relatives and neighbors was reported by 10% of mothers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…4 Awareness on Oral Polio Vaccine was high in two studies in South India, while the awareness on pentavalent vaccine was less. 12,13 This shows the need for active awareness campaign while introducing a new vaccine.…”

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Knowledge and perceptions regarding immunization among mothers of under five children: a community study from South Kerala

Navaneetha

Abraham

Thomas

et al. 2019

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Immunization coverage is undisputedly the most effective health status and outcome indicator. Though India is effectively organizing vaccination campaigns, a large majority of children are often left out. Strong anti-vaccination propaganda is influencing the decision of parents. This study was initiated in the context of vaccine-preventable disease outbreak rising recently in Kerala to assess the knowledge and practices of mothers of children less than five years regarding immunization.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 140 women with children less than 5 years. Sample was drawn from the rural and urban field practice areas of a tertiary care teaching hospital. A pilot tested interviewer administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and practices of immunization among mothers of under-five children. Chi-Square test was used to find the association between dichotomous variables.Results: In the study group 96.4% of the children were fully immunized. Mean score on knowledge regarding immunization among the study population was 6.45 (SD=1.84). Majority (89%) of the mothers agreed on the importance of vaccination. More than half (57.1%) had heard of anti-vaccination campaign and 24.3% were influenced by it at one time or the other. Higher knowledge score was associated with mothers residing in urban area, better occupation of mother and educational status of father. Age of child, sex, religion, type of family did not influence knowledge level. Factors influencing the perceived importance of vaccination are better occupation of father, higher education status of father and mother.Conclusions: Vaccination was perceived significant for child’s health. Immunization coverage in the study population was high. The level of knowledge regarding immunization among the study population was poor. Anti-vaccination campaign has influenced the population at one time or the other.

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Assessing The Impact of a Structured Teaching Programme On Maternal Immunization Knowledge for Under Five Children’s in Selected Area of Bagalkot

Pattanashetti,

Itti,

Bhajantri

et al. 2023

ijmst

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Background: Immunization is probably one of the most cost effective interventions to reduce burden of childhood morbidity and mortality, provided used optimally and judiciously. Currently it is estimated that immunization saves the life of 3 million children a year but 2 million more lives could be saved by existing vaccines. Vaccination is a cornerstone of public health, believed to save an estimated 2-3 million lives annually. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching Programme on knowledge regarding immunization among the mothers of under five children in selected area at Bagalkot. Methods: A cross sectional study with a sample of 60 mothers of under five children, selected by convenient sampling technique. A structured teaching programme questionnaire was used to assess the data regarding immunization among the mothers of under five children in selected area at Bagalkot. The data was entered in MS excel sheet and transferred to SPSS 18 for analysis. Results: 31.6% mothers were between 20 to 22 years of age. The standard teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of mothers regarding immunization (t value= 7.65, ? < 0.05).A significant association was found between knowledge of mothers regarding immunization and their age, occupation and educational status. Conclusion: Structured teaching Programme is an effective measure to improve the knowledge regarding immunization among the mothers of under five children.

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A Study to Assess and Correlate the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Vaccination among Mothers with Educational Status in a Teaching Hospital in South India

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Parents About Immunization of Infants and Its Associated Factors in Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia, 2019

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Parents About Immunization of Infants and Its Associated Factors in Wadla Woreda, North East Ethiopia, 2019

Knowledge and perceptions regarding immunization among mothers of under five children: a community study from South Kerala

Assessing The Impact of a Structured Teaching Programme On Maternal Immunization Knowledge for Under Five Children’s in Selected Area of Bagalkot

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