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| Egypt J Pediatr Allergy Immunol |
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| Knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers regarding immunization of
infants and preschool children at Al-Beida City, Libya 2008 |
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| Objectives: To identify maternal knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP)
about immunization and to determine maternal characteristics and the
determinants of full immunization status among respondents of children age
(2-24 months).
Methods: A cross sectional survey of nonrandomized sample of 200
mothers were interviewed at primary health care clinic at Al-Beida City
coming for vaccination of their children in a period from first to 31 August
2008 .
Results: From a total of 200 studied mothers 81% (n=162) completely
immunized their children and 19% (n=38) partially immunized them.
Seventy-seven percent of studied sample were from urban, while the rest
were from rural town. Paramedical workers were the main source of
information to respondents of completely immunized children (88.28%)
followed by T.V, posters and symposia, while community leaders and
doctors were found to be a lesser source. Concerning the effect of the
education status of the mothers the percentage of complete immunization
was 71.41% for highly educated mothers while for the illiterates it was
88.23% but, the difference was not statistically significant. The mother's
work did not affect the child's immunization status as 79.45% of working
mothers completed their children's immunization. The child's health and
sickness was the most common cause for cessation of immunization,
followed by non availability of the vaccine, social reasons and forgetfulness
(54%, 20.%, 10,5% and 5.5%) respectively Only 10% of the mothers failed
to report a reason for not immunizing their children .
Conclusion: The child's gender, education, residence and job of the mother
did not affect the pattern of immunization, while negative attitude (mothers
afraid from vaccination) significantly affected the immunization status. This
signifies the incomplete knowledge and inappropriate practice of the people.
Extra effort is need to raise the knowledge and break the old beliefs of the
people. Appropriate information dissemination, aggressive campaigning and
family involvement are crucial to the success of the programme. |
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