Kongxay Phounphenghack. Knowledge and perception of mothers about immunization of children under 3 years of age in the Saythany district, Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. . Master's Degree(Primary Health Care Management). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
Knowledge and perception of mothers about immunization of children under 3 years of age in the Saythany district, Vientiane, Lao P.D.R.
Abstract:
A cross-sectional study was conducted on knowledge, perception and sources of
information on immunization status for mothers with children under three years of age, aged
19 to 45 years old with mean age about 27 years in Xaythany district, Vientiane capital, Lao
PDR. A total of 108 mothers who had children less than 3 years old were chosen for this
study from 3 health centers and 10 villages.
A structured questionnaire was used to interview the respondents by visiting the
households. Descriptive statistics were used to describe knowledge level and perception, and
other independent variables while the associations between these factors were determined by
using the Chi-square test.
The results of the study found that about (90%) of the respondent’s children were
vaccinated. Most children received their vaccination from the mobile services (57.41%). The
total immunization coverage among children under three years of age among the group of
incomplete immunization, was BCG(79%), OPV1(48%), OPV2(31%), OPV3(1.8%), DPTHepB1(
46%), DPT-HepB2(31%), DPT-HepB3(1.85%), and Measles vaccine coverage(9%).
The results also indicated that higher maternal education level, lower number of children,
younger age, and vaccination at heath center correlated with higher children’s immunization
status family income and mothers’ occupation were not correlated.
Regarding the knowledge of mother on Expended Program Immunization diseases and
immunization programs. Roughly-equal number of mother about on-third in each case-had
good, fair, and poor levels of knowledge about immunization a difference in median score of
perception on susceptibility, severity, barrier, and the overall perception scores were
significantly different between the complete and incomplete immunization groups. Sources of
information on immunization and side effects of vaccines were mostly received by the
respondents from health centers and health volunteers