Conhecimento, atitude e prática dos vacinadores sobre vacinação infantil em Teresina-PI, 2015 / Knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood immunization personnel in Teresina-PI, Brazil, 2015 / Conocimientos, actitudes y práctica de vacunadores sobre vacunación infantil en Teresina-PI, 2015

Objetivo: descrever o conhecimento, a atitude e a prática de vacinadores sobre a vacinação infantil. Métodos: estudo descritivo, censitário, realizado em 2015, com vacinadores das salas de vacina da zona urbana de Teresina, Piauí, Brasil; os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário. Resultados: foram entrevistados 70 vacinadores; a maioria das respostas relacionadas ao conhecimento e a atitude referentes à vacinação infantil foram inadequadas (n=58 e n=39, respectivamente), ao contrário da prática, que apresentou 43 respostas adequadas; não houve associação estatisticamente significativa entre a variável do conhecimento e as variáveis relacionadas à atitude e à prática. Conclusão: observou-se predominância de respostas inadequadas quanto ao conhecimento e atitude, e adequadas quanto à prática.

Objective: to describe the knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators toward childhood vaccination. Methods: this is a descriptive census study, conducted in 2015 with vaccinators from vaccination rooms of the urban area of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil; data were collected through a questionnaire. Results: 70 vaccinators were interviewed; most answers related to knowledge and attitude of the vaccinators toward childhood vaccination were considered inadequate (n=58 and n=39, respectively); with regard to practice, there were 43 adequate answers; there was no statistically significant association between the variable knowledge and the variables attitude and practice. Conclusion: a high number of inadequate answers related to knowledge and attitude and of adequate answers concerning practice were observed.

Objetivo: describir los conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los vacunadores en la vacunación infantil. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, censitario, realizado entre enero y marzo 2015, con vacunadores de la zona urbana de Teresina, Piauí, Brasil; los datos fueron recolectados a través de cuestionario. Resultados: fueron entrevistados 70 vacunadores, la mayoría de las respuestas relacionadas con el conocimiento y actitud con respecto a la vacunación infantil eran inadecuadas (n=58 y n=39, respectivamente) al contrario que en la práctica, que presentó 43 respuestas adecuadas; no hubo asociación estadísticamente significativa entre variables de conocimiento y variables sobre actitudes prácticas. Conclusión: se observó una predominancia de respuestas inadecuadas sobre conocimientos y actitudes, pero adecuadas sobre la práctica.

[Knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood immunization personnel in Teresina-PI, Brazil, 2015]. / Conhecimento, atitude e prática dos vacinadores sobre vacinação infantil em Teresina-PI, 2015.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators toward childhood vaccination. METHODS: this is a descriptive census study, conducted in 2015 with vaccinators from vaccination rooms of the urban area of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil; data were collected through a questionnaire. RESULTS: 70 vaccinators were interviewed; most answers related to knowledge and attitude of the vaccinators toward childhood vaccination were considered inadequate (n=58 and n=39, respectively); with regard to practice, there were 43 adequate answers; there was no statistically significant association between the variable knowledge and the variables attitude and practice. CONCLUSION: a high number of inadequate answers related to knowledge and attitude and of adequate answers concerning practice were observed.