Awareness, knowledge, risk perception and uptake of maternal vaccination in rural communities of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Afr Health Sci
; 22(4): 306-317, 2022 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37092060
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Knowledge and uptake of maternal vaccination has been reported to be low in low- and middle-income countries.Objectives:
To determine the knowledge, uptake and determinants of uptake of maternal vaccination among women of child-bearing age.Methods:
A cross sectional study was done among 607 women of childbearing age selected from rural communities in Ebonyi State using multi-staged sampling technique. A pretested, interviewer administered questionnaire was used. The proportion of maternal vaccination uptake and predictors of uptake was determined at 5% level of significant using multiple logistic regression model.Results:
Most of the respondents (39.9%) were in the 15-24 years age group. Only 1.3% and 41.5% were knowledgeable and had received any form of maternal vaccines respectively. The main reasons adduced for non-receipt of the vaccine was lack of information (65.8%) and not being pregnant (23.5%). Pregnancy was the predictor for uptake of maternal vaccine among the study population.Conclusions:
There was low level of knowledge and uptake of maternal vaccine among rural women and a myth that the vaccine is only given when pregnant. This calls for increase targeted enlightenment of rural women on maternal vaccine in order to improve uptake.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Vaccines
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Afr Health Sci
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Type:
Article