Vaccination Situation in the First Month of Life of Children of Childhood Education

Luiza Helena Dos Santos Wesp,Erika Simone Galvão Pinto,Mariana Fernandes De Almeida Silva,Michelle Da Silva Carneiro Galvão,Willyana Freire Bispo,Lidiana Luana Inácio Da Silva,Eliabe Rodrigues De Medeiros,Paula Fernanda Brandão Batista Dos Santos,Talita De Figueiredo Galhardo

doi:10.3823/2147

Abstract

Introduction: The Brazilian vaccination schedule is a strategy used in disease prevention by providing immunobiologicals to the population and the BCG and Hepatitis B vaccines are the first to be administered shortly after birth. Objective: Describe the vaccination status of BCG and Hepatitis B vaccines in the first month of life of children of childhood education. Methodology: Epidemiological, descriptive and retrospective study, with quantitative approach, conducted from data available in 1,434 copies of children's immunization cards enrolled in childhood education in the municipality of Natal/RN, Brazil. Data were collected through checklist, categorized by Microsoft Office Excel 2013, exported to statistical software and presented in tables and graphs through simple descriptive statistics. Results: The BCG vaccine showed 98.5% of children with full immunization schedule, 1.2% unvaccinated and 0.8% had record failures. In the case of the hepatitis B vaccine, 98.9% had complete vaccination schedule, 0.6% for unvaccinated children and 0.4% had flaws that prevented their analysis. Final thoughts: The vaccination status of the children had complete immunization schedule rates higher than the target set by the National Immunization Program, but the presence of registry errors prevented the analysis of cards.

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The Brazilian vaccination schedule is a strategy used in disease prevention by providing immunobiologicals to the population and the Biliard Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and Hepatitis B vaccines are the first to be administered shortly after birth
The vaccination status of the children had complete immunization schedule rates higher than the target set by the National Immunization Program, but the presence of registry errors prevented the analysis of cards
Considering the importance of providing immunobiological to the population, Brazil has, since 1973, the National Immunization Program (NIP), public health policy implemented in Primary Health by the Unified Health System (SUS), by offering the immunobiologicals that make up the immunization schedule

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The Brazilian vaccination schedule is a strategy used in disease prevention by providing immunobiologicals to the population and the BCG and Hepatitis B vaccines are the first to be administered shortly after birth. The vaccine is an important strategy for protection against infectious diseases, with individual and collective contributions to reduce the spread of diseases. The first basic vaccination schedule for children under one year of age was instituted in 1977 [5], and every year it is reviewed and updated in order to foster expansion in preventing immunopreventable diseases and seek fewer side effects, greater immunogenic power and a better cost-effective. The Brazilian calendar of current child vaccination has 11 vaccines, aimed at protection for about 15 infectious agents [6]

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