Abstract
Background: Ethiopian was able to expand the immunization service by introducing new vaccines into the country routine immunization program that increased the number of antigens from 10 to 12. Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) is one of the key programs in World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia under the Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN). Compliance to vaccination may be influenced by understanding of the community towards the service. Objective: To assess the knowledge, Attitude and practice of mothers towards vaccination of their infants in Shashemene referral Hospital west Arsi, Zone Oromia Regional state, South-Ethiopia, 2018. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted in shashemene Referral Hospital from February to April 10, 2018. Face to face structured Interview questionnaire was used by systematic sampling techniques. Data collection was start from March 01 to 30, 2018 G. C and after reviewing, data was analyzing with SPSS software version 20. Result: A total of 228 mothers were participated on this study, giving the response rate of 98.1%. From the total respondents (52.3%) of mothers have good knowledge and (42.3%) of them had good practices of services utilization of vaccination for their infants. Conclusion: This study showed that 52.3%, 67.7%, 42.3% of study participant had good knowledge, attitude, and practice towards immunization of infants respectively. Educational interventions are required to improve parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice.
Highlights
It is undeniable that vaccines have been an important part in preventive medicine based on their successes in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the developed world [1].World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that annually up to three million children’s lives are saved by vaccinations, but still another three million lives worldwide are lost from vaccine-preventable diseases
Shashemene referral Hospital is found in Shashemene warada (Kuyera town) it’s situated 238 km away from Addis Ababa and 7km from Shashemene town in west Arsi zone of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia
Despite the fact that respondents had positive attitude towards the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) program and vaccine providers in general, a large proportion 31.9% of mothers believed that vaccines are given for infants to prevent non serious diseases [12]
Summary
It is undeniable that vaccines have been an important part in preventive medicine based on their successes in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the developed world [1].World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that annually up to three million children’s lives are saved by vaccinations, but still another three million lives worldwide are lost from vaccine-preventable diseases. In 2009, WHO estimated that if global vaccine coverage increased to 90% by 2015, approximately two million deaths of children under the age of five would be prevented [2]. Ethiopian was able to expand the immunization service by introducing new vaccines into the country routine immunization program that increased the number of antigens from 10 to 12. Objective: To assess the knowledge, Attitude and practice of mothers towards vaccination of their infants in Shashemene referral Hospital west Arsi, Zone Oromia Regional state, South-Ethiopia, 2018. From the total respondents (52.3%) of mothers have good knowledge and (42.3%) of them had good practices of services utilization of vaccination for their infants. Conclusion: This study showed that 52.3%, 67.7%, 42.3% of study participant had good knowledge, attitude, and practice towards immunization of infants respectively. Educational interventions are required to improve parents’ knowledge, attitude, and practice
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