What do parents think? Knowledge and awareness about newer vaccines: a cross-sectional study in South Indian city

Akunuri, Shalini; Dayal, Anjul

doi:10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20163665

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“…Regarding socio-demographic characters, in our study, (52.2%) of women aged between 20< 30, and the majority of them were housewives (87.0%) these result similar to a study which was done in Damietta governorate, Egypt (2016) which revealed (53.2%) of mothers aged 20< 30, and (81.0%) of them were housewives [11]. In our study, nearly all of the respondents were married (99.8%) and only (0.2%) were divorced and these results are similar to a study carried out in Nigeria (2010) which showed (97.8%) of participants were married and (0.4%) of them were divorced [12], regarding the age of fathers, our study revealed that (52%) of fathers aged between 25 < 35 which was same age group (76.3%) in a study which was done in south India (2016) [13]. Most of the mothers were housewives and most of the fathers were self-employers.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers in Reproductive Age Group About Childhood Immunization in Basra, Iraq

Naeem,

Ahmed Abdulqader

2023

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Background: Childhood immunization preserves children from a variety of dangerous or potentially fatal diseases. World health organization (WHO) study has shown that 2.5 million deaths occurred yearly due to vaccine-preventable diseases, mainly in Asia and Africa among children under 5 years old. Vaccines nowadays protect against many diseases such as whooping cough, measles, and polio, which were the main causes of death for many children before them despite the same germs. In order to protect children from dangerous diseases as well as keep the community from outside diseases by decreasing the spread of diseases, immunization is a simple and effective way to do so. Aims: To assess the mother's knowledge, attitude, and practice concerning childhood vaccination. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study done in three PHCCs (primary health care centers) from the first sector in the center of Basrah city, for the period from 24th of April to 1st of September 2019 on 414 mothers who visit the PHCCs for vaccination of their children and having at least one child aged less than five years. The data were collected by the researcher by using face to face interview method. Result: The results showed that (52.2%) of participants aged between 20 to less than 30, most of them were housewives and more than half of participants have 2-4 children. The majority of the mothers had good knowledge about childhood immunization apart from knowing of immunization schedule, more than half of the participants (60.4%) received their knowledge about vaccines from doctors and nursing staff in PHCCs and (77.3%) believed that the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin), hepatitis B or polio vaccines were the vaccines which should be given during the first week after delivery, nearly all of them (99.2%) agreed that the vaccines prevent diseases. Regarding the attitude and practice of the mothers (99.8%) recommend vaccines to every child, all of the mothers thought that compliance with the immunization schedule is important, and (94.2%) encourage mothers to vaccinate their children from campaigns. Nearly all participants fully immunized their children. Conclusion: Mothers had poor knowledge about immunization schedules. Nearly all of the mothers (99.8%) recommend the vaccine to every child. All of the participants thought that adherence to and completion of the immunization schedule are important. The majority of participants encourage vaccination campaigns. Nearly all of the mothers vaccinate their children completely. Recommendations: Explain to the mothers the importance of vaccines for children under five years and their role in the protection of children from serious diseases. Learn the mothers about the vaccines which is used in the immunization schedule.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers in Reproductive Age Group About Childhood Immunization in Basra, Iraq

Naeem,

Ahmed Abdulqader

2023

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“…Similar findings have been found by many other authors. 7,10,11 Though there are a multitude of AEFIs, awareness for more than a couple of them is lacking in majority of mothers.6 The most frequent side effect reported in our study population was fever followed by local reaction and irritability, similar to other studies. 12,13 Information regarding AEFI was provided to only about 72% of the mothers at the time of immunization.…”

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Adverse events following immunization: orchestrated outcome of mothers' knowledge and behavior on vaccination practices

Mishra

Dhingra

Adhikari

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adverse events following immunization (AEFI) are a common occurrence in children after vaccination and can lead to loss of trust in the immunization program. Fear of AEFIs is a major factor implicated in ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ as seen in countries with high vaccination coverage and low burden of vaccine preventable diseases. The study aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers regarding AEFI and its impact on vaccination of their childrenMethods: A descriptive, cross sectional survey was conducted at the immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital of western India. Mothers attending the immunization clinic were interviewed using a validated questionnaire. A sample size of 221 was derived based on the incidence of common AEFIs.Results: Awareness of AEFI was present in 86.4% participants while only 28% mothers confirmed that information regarding AEFIs was given to them at the time of immunization. Though awareness of minor side effects like fever (98%) and local reaction (85%) was good, less than 15% of the mothers were aware of serious AEFIs such as seizures and anaphylaxis. Only 66% mothers indicated that they would first consult their doctor in case of an adverse effect. Knowledge regarding true contraindications to vaccination was poor.Conclusions: Awareness of the possibility of AEFI was good and trust in immunization as a vital health intervention was intact. Awareness about serious AEFIs which necessitate prompt management was inadequate while that for minor side effects was satisfactory. Healthcare seeking behavior of mothers to serious AEFIs was appropriate.

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“…27 In another study done by Mukharjee et al they found otherwise an adequate knowledge of the vaccinations in mothers in their previous data analysis, but surprisingly regarding the newer vaccinations added to the previous programs, the awareness was seen in only 18.3% of the cases in Delhi. 28 In a similar study carried out in Hyderabad a similar number of caregivers (80%) were unaware regarding the newer vaccines recommended as per the government immunization schedule in the state Andhra Pradesh. 29 A study carried out in Delhi, specifically about typhoid vaccines for children, revealed that around 60% of the caregivers had not heard of typhoid vaccine and were not aware of it was a part of the immunization schedule in Delhi.…”

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Exploring Mother’s Perspectives about Routine Immunization in District Peshawar: A Cross Sectional Survey.

Hamna Khan,

Muhammad Imran Marwat,

Zumaira Sauleh

et al. 2023

j Muhammad Med Coll

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Objective: of this study was to investigate mothers' opinions and knowledge regarding regular immunization of their chil-dren.Methodology: Between July 2019 to January 2020, this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at pediatrics outpatient department, Khyber teaching Hospital Peshawar. Women aged between 19-44 years, having at least one child less than 5 years of age were asked to complete standardized questionnaire. After stratification of the collected data, regression analysis performed.Results: Mean age of participants was 27.72 ±4.07 years, 41.98% received elementary education, while 61.32% were housewives. We observed enough knowledge in 162(88.04%) patients aged 19-29 years as compared to 55 (93.22%) aged 30-44 years (p=0.002). Additionally, knowledge was noticeably greater in situations involving several children.Conclusion: Women having secondary school or higher education and several children has sufficient knowledge of im-munization. Key words: KAP, Immunization, Mothers, Infectious Diseases, Vaccination

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What do parents think? Knowledge and awareness about newer vaccines: a cross-sectional study in South Indian city

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers in Reproductive Age Group About Childhood Immunization in Basra, Iraq

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers in Reproductive Age Group About Childhood Immunization in Basra, Iraq

Adverse events following immunization: orchestrated outcome of mothers' knowledge and behavior on vaccination practices

Exploring Mother’s Perspectives about Routine Immunization in District Peshawar: A Cross Sectional Survey.

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