Abstract
During the covid-19 pandemic, many parents are worried about providing basic immunizations for their infants. This caused the basic immunization coverage at Gandusari Public Health Service in Blitar Regency in April 2020 to decrease by 4.9%, and in May 2020 to decrease by 19.7%. This study objective to determine the correlation of knowledge about covid-19 and the timeliness of basic immunization in infants. This research was analytic correlational with cross sectional study approach. The independent variable was knowledge about covid-19, while the dependent variable was the timeliness of basic immunization in infants. The population were all parents who had infants as many as 87 parents. This study using simple random sampling. The sample size was 71 parents. The instruments were maternal and child health book and questionnaires. The data were analyzed using chi square test. The results showed that p value 0.001 < 0.05 that there were any correlation of knowledge about covid-19 and the timeliness of basic immunization in infants. The sufficient knowledge of parents about covid-19 made parents hesitate to immunize their infants. Providing basic immunization to infants during a pandemic is not prohibited as long as they comply with health protocols.
Highlights
The government has announced Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) as a non-natural global disaster or pandemic
Immunization services during the Covid-19 pandemic are implemented according to local government policies, based on an analysis of the epidemiological situation of the spread of Covid -19, coverage of routine immunizations, and the epidemiological situation
The results showed that the p-value was 0.001 < 0.05, that is, there was a correlation of knowledge about Covid-19 and the timeliness of basic immunization in infants
Summary
The government has announced Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) as a non-natural global disaster or pandemic. Some parents are worried about giving immunizations for their children If this condition continues, the national immunization coverage will decrease, so that herd immunity will not be formed again and in the end this low immunization coverage can cause outbreaks of extraordinary diseases such as Smallpox, Polio, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Measles and Tetanus. The national immunization coverage will decrease, so that herd immunity will not be formed again and in the end this low immunization coverage can cause outbreaks of extraordinary diseases such as Smallpox, Polio, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Measles and Tetanus This will be a double burden for community and government in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Basic immunization is the most effective and efficient public health effort in preventing several infectious diseases that can be prevented by immunization
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