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

Birhanu, Shiferaw

doi:10.11648/j.ajhr.20160401.12

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“…Also, immunization has shown major aspects of disease, disability and death prevention. The most common vaccine preventable diseases are Rubella, measles, diphtheria, Tetanus, pertussis and Polio (1,2) . Giving the child the appropriate vaccine would significantly decrease the costs of disease treatment and rates of disease thus enhance a good quality of life for children (3) .…”

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Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Jeddah City, 2017

Alenazi

Alshareef²,

Alabudib

et al. 2017

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: Immunization has shown a major preventive aspects of infectious diseases, disability and death. Objectives: Assessing the Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Saudi parents in Jeddah City regarding the immunization programs for children, Saudi Arabia (KSA), 2017. Methods: It is a cross sectional survey study that was carried among 600 different Saudi parents form different parts of Jeddah City for 3 months from May to July 2017. The parents completed a questionnaire that contains 4 different parts about the demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice of parents toward immunization. Results: The included parents have shown a high level of awareness about vaccination regarding the preventive measures and importance of vaccination which resulted in positive attitudes and practice pattern among most of them. The overall KAP was good among most of parents (87.2%). The higher KAP level was significantly associated with female gender, higher educational degree and having higher number of children. Conclusion: Most of Saudi parents had good KAP toward immunization which was associated with female gender and higher educational degrees. However, educational programs are still needed to increase the parents' knowledge and practice especially among illiterate and less educated parents living in rural areas.

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Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Jeddah City, 2017

Alenazi

Alshareef²,

Alabudib

et al. 2017

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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“…25 Nearly 5% of the respondents have not receive the T.T vaccine in their previous pregnancy similar to the study from Ethiopia. 32 The underlying reason of not vaccinating the children and not taking T.T vaccine should be rule out so as to plan the interventions accordingly.…”

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An exploratory study on knowledge and practice regarding family planning and immunization among women attending MCH clinic

Sharma

Kafle

2017

Int J Sci Rep

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Background: Globally, an estimated 300,000 maternal deaths occur annually owing to causes associated with pregnancy, of which nearly 75% were preventable. Each year, modern contraceptives help women prevent 215,000 pregnancy-related deaths (including 66,000 from unsafe abortions), 2.7 million infant deaths and the loss of 60 million years of healthy life. Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective health interventions available, saving millions of children from illness, disability and death each year. The burden of infectious diseases has been reduced primary due to immunization.Methods: A cross-sectional study regarding knowledge and practice of family planning and immunization was conducted in a Maternal and Child health (MCH) clinic of Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara. The sample consists of 100 married women of reproductive age group (15-49) years having under five children coming to the clinic using purposive sampling technique. Results: Knowledge regarding family planning methods were oral contraceptive pills/depot/implant (84%) followed by intrauterine contraceptive device (77%), condom (65%), natural methods (80%), permanent method (92%). Condom was most commonly used among temporary methods. More than 4/5th of the respondents were aware about vaccines as per schedule of Nepal. But 5% of the respondents had neither given any vaccine to their baby and nor taken any dose of tetanus toxoid vaccine during their previous pregnancy.Conclusions: Still 14% of the respondents were not aware about any methods of family planning and 19% does not know about the vaccines as per schedule of Nepal. So there is a need to increase awareness about the different types of family planning methods and immunization.

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“…One study found that women's awareness of community conversation program is the predictor of full immunization (37). Another study also reported that 55%, 53.8%, and 84% of respondents had good knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice towards immunization of infants, respectively (49).…”

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What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Tilahun

Mekonnen²,

Sharkey

et al. 2020

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Background: There has been significant recent prioritization and investment in the immunization program in Ethiopia. However, coverage rates have stagnated and remained low for many years, suggesting the presence of systemic barriers to implementation. Hence, there is a need to consolidate the existing knowledge, in order to address them and consequently improve program effectiveness. Methods: A thorough literature review and Delphi method were used. In the literature review, we searched Pubmed/Medline, WHO library, Science direct, Cochrane library, Google scholar and Google using different combinations of search strategies. Studies that applied any study design, data collection and analysis methods related to immunization program were included. In the Delphi method, a panel of 28 national and international experts were participated to identify current evidence gaps and set research priorities under the immunization program. Results: In this review, a total of 55 studies and national documents were included. The review showed that the vaccination coverage ranged from 20.6% in Afar to 91.7% in Amhara region with large inequities related to socio-economic, health service access and knowledge about vaccination across different settings. Only one study reported evidence on timeliness of immunization as 60%. The review revealed that 80% of health facilities provide immunization service nationally while service availability was only 2% in private health facilities. This review indicated that poor vaccine storage, vaccine shortage, service interruptions, poor defaulter tracing, low community engagement and poor documentation were the main barriers for the EPI program with variations across different regions. Through expert panel of discussion using Delphi method, 10 priority research areas were identified across different domains of the immunization program at national level.Conclusion: We found out that there is substantial knowledge on vaccination coverage, however, there is little evidence on timeliness of vaccination. The existing barriers that affect full immunization coverage also varied from context to context which indicates there is a need to design and implement evidence based locally tailored interventions. This review also indicated evidence gaps with more focus on health system related implementation barriers at lower level and identified further research priorities in the immunization program of Ethiopia.

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

Cited by 31 publications

References 9 publications

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Jeddah City, 2017

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Jeddah City, 2017

An exploratory study on knowledge and practice regarding family planning and immunization among women attending MCH clinic

What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature

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