Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices of Parents towards Childhood Vaccination in Najran City, Saudi Arabia

Alyami, Atheer Raja; Alhashan, Ghadi M.; Nasser, Iman; Alyami, Sarah R.; Mardhamah, Norah H Al; Alyami, Maram H.; Alyami, Ahlam Yahya; Alqahtani, Manar; Alwadei, Batool M.; Alanazi, Aljouharah M.

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“…The details of the determinants of parents' knowledge toward child vaccination has been elaborated at table 1. Based on the results, nearly all of them (86.3%) believe that mandatory vaccinations protect children from infectious diseases and most of them believe that first vaccine should be given at birth (92.1%) [4]. However, majority of them were unaware that most diseases occur in the first year of life (41.5%) while their knowledge was high with regards to the statement about "multiple doses of the same vaccine are given at period that are important in child" (71.0%).…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Vaccination among Parents in Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Alhasoon¹

2020

AJPN

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Statistical Analysis MethodDescriptive statistics had been presented using counts, proportions (%), mean ± standard deviation whenever appropriate. The comparison between the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) score had been conducted using Chi Square test. A correlation procedure of knowledge, attitude and practice sore were also conducted to determine the linear relationship of each KAP score. A p-value cut off point of 0.05 at 95% CI used to determine statistical significance. Statistical collinearity was measured using Shapiro Wilk test. All data analyses were performed using the statistical package for social sciences, version 21 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) [1]. The evaluation of parents' knowledge toward child vaccination which comprised of 10 question has been described at table 1 where the correct answer for each question has been presented and coded as 1. The total

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Vaccination among Parents in Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Alhasoon¹

2020

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“…In the Kingdom of Arabia, reasons for not performing complete immunization, as stated by parents, were infants were sick (13.5%), and fear of side effect of immunization (7.7%). Further, Alyami et al argued that the side effect of immunization has become the major concern of parents in performing immunization for their infants [7]. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, 6% parents stop to immunize their infants when side effect takes place [8].…”

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Description of complete basic immunization coverage among infant

Agushybana¹,

Bm²,

Jati³

et al. 2019

IJPHS

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Immunization coverage in every city/regency must be conducted in accordance with the standard coverage to suppress infectious diseases that can be prevented by vaccination. Temanggung regency is one of the cities/regencies in Central Java Province that have not reached 100% of village universal coverage immunization (UCI). The aim of this study was to determine the coverage of complete basic immunization in infants in Temanggung regency. The design of this study was descriptive observational with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The respondents of the research were parents having babies and the sample size was 520 children. The instrument used was the Rapid Card Check Form recommended by UNICEF. The results showed that there were still infants who had not been immunized. The reasons were that the infants had low birth weight, sick children during immunization, and no support from parents. As the immunization program aims to reduce infant and child mortality, parental awareness is important to increase immunization coverage in Temanggung regency.

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“…A high percentage of the respondents (59%) believed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, routine childhood vaccines must be administered on time. Although it is a lower percentage in comparison with the previous studies that investigated the awareness level before the pandemic, as they determined a positive attitude toward immunization, ranging between 78% and 92%, it still reflects a good understanding of the importance of vaccines and a positive attitude [11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Knowledge and attitudes toward routine immunization have been studied in different areas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) before the COVID-19 pandemic in separate studies conducted in Najran, Majmaah, Jeddah, Madinah, and Hail. They revealed positive attitudes toward immunization (ranging between 78% and 92%) [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In this study, we aimed to emphasize the importance of routine childhood vaccination regardless of the pandemic, by assessing and describing the attitudes of Saudi parents toward these vaccinations during the pandemic.…”

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Public Attitudes Toward Pediatric Routine Immunization During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Society

Alzaher¹,

Almutairi²,

AlModhayan³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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BackgroundRoutine vaccines are essential for the well-being of children. Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some restrictions have been applied in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), causing parental concern about visiting healthcare facilities. ObjectivesTo examine the attitudes and factors that influence parents' decisions regarding their children's vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 1,704 caregivers from KSA participated. An implemented Arabic questionnaire directed to the caregivers of children at the age of routine immunizations was filled. It included questions on parent demographics, child data, the decision regarding the vaccines, cause-related questions, and the preferred means to receive the vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. ResultsA total of 1,360 participants were included. The majority were from the middle region of KSA. Thirty-nine point five percent (39.5%) of participants chose not to administer the scheduled vaccines to their children, and the main reason was the fear of COVID-19 infection. The main sources of information that encouraged administering the vaccines were the advice of physicians, Saudi Ministry of Health (SMOH) services, 937, and the Sehha application. The majority of the participants chose home immunization visits as the preferred means of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic (46.8%). The study showed that approximately 60% of the respondents believed that routine childhood immunizations had no role in spreading the COVID-19 infection, and 59% believed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, routine childhood vaccines have to be administrated on time. ConclusionThe study indicated the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the compliance of Saudi society toward routine pediatric immunization.

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Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices of Parents towards Childhood Vaccination in Najran City, Saudi Arabia

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Vaccination among Parents in Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Vaccination among Parents in Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Description of complete basic immunization coverage among infant

Public Attitudes Toward Pediatric Routine Immunization During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Society

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