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Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study

Background Immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators of the last 100 years. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parental knowledge-practices (...

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Main Authors: Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba, Bahari, Mohd Baidi, Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid, Salih, Muhannad RM, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
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RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling my.iium.irep.35676 http://irep.iium.edu.my/35676/ Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Bahari, Mohd Baidi Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid Salih, Muhannad RM Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background Immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators of the last 100 years. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parental knowledge-practices (KP) and children's immunization completeness. Methods A mixed method has been utilized in this study: a retrospective cohort study was used to evaluate immunization completeness; a prospective cross-sectional study was used to evaluate immunization KP of parents. 528 children born between 1 January 2003 and 31 June 2008 were randomly selected from five public health clinics in Mosul, Iraq. Immunization history of each child was collected retrospectively from their immunization record/card. Results About half of studied children (n = 286, 56.3%) were immunized with all vaccination doses; these children were considered as having had complete immunization. 66.1% of the parents was found to have adequate KP scores. A significant association of immunization completeness with total KP groups (p < 0.05) was found. Conclusions Future efforts are required to improve immunization rate and parents' knowledge and practice. The study results reinforce recommendations for the periodic assessment of immunization rate and the use of educational programmes to improve the immunization rate, knowledge and practice. Keywords: Immunization; Iraq; Children; Parents; Knowledge; Practice; Compliance BioMed Central Ltd 2014-01-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35676/1/1471-2431-14-20.pdf Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba and Bahari, Mohd Baidi and Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid and Salih, Muhannad RM and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod (2014) Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study. BMC Pediatrics , 14 (1). pp. 20-1. ISSN 1471-2431 (Unpublished) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/14/20 10.1186/1471-2431-14-20
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topic RS Pharmacy and materia medica
spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Bahari, Mohd Baidi
Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid
Salih, Muhannad RM
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
description Background Immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators of the last 100 years. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parental knowledge-practices (KP) and children's immunization completeness. Methods A mixed method has been utilized in this study: a retrospective cohort study was used to evaluate immunization completeness; a prospective cross-sectional study was used to evaluate immunization KP of parents. 528 children born between 1 January 2003 and 31 June 2008 were randomly selected from five public health clinics in Mosul, Iraq. Immunization history of each child was collected retrospectively from their immunization record/card. Results About half of studied children (n = 286, 56.3%) were immunized with all vaccination doses; these children were considered as having had complete immunization. 66.1% of the parents was found to have adequate KP scores. A significant association of immunization completeness with total KP groups (p < 0.05) was found. Conclusions Future efforts are required to improve immunization rate and parents' knowledge and practice. The study results reinforce recommendations for the periodic assessment of immunization rate and the use of educational programmes to improve the immunization rate, knowledge and practice. Keywords: Immunization; Iraq; Children; Parents; Knowledge; Practice; Compliance
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author Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Bahari, Mohd Baidi
Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid
Salih, Muhannad RM
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_facet Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Bahari, Mohd Baidi
Al-Qazaz, Harith Khalid
Salih, Muhannad RM
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_sort Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
title Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
title_short Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
title_full Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
title_fullStr Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
title_full_unstemmed Are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
title_sort are parents' knowledge and practice regarding immunization related to pediatrics' immunization compliance? a mixed method study
publisher BioMed Central Ltd
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35676/1/1471-2431-14-20.pdf
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