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Knowledge and trust of mothers regarding childhood vaccination in Rwanda.
Mbonigaba, Edward; Yu, Fengyun; Reñosa, Mark Donald C; Cho, Frederick Nchang; Chen, Qiushi; Denkinger, Claudia M; A McMahon, Shannon; Chen, Simiao.
Afiliación
  • Mbonigaba E; Centre of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. edwardnkwaya@gmail.com.
  • Yu F; College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public, Health- University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. edwardnkwaya@gmail.com.
  • Reñosa MDC; Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Cho FN; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Chen Q; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Philippines.
  • Denkinger CM; , Buea, Cameroon.
  • A McMahon S; Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
  • Chen S; Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Harold and Inge Marcus, The Pennsylvania State University, University ParkHarrisburg, PA, USA.
BMC Public Health ; 24(1): 1067, 2024 Apr 17.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38632541
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

Knowledge and trust are some of the contributing factors to vaccine acceptance(VA) and Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is one of the top threats to global health. A significant drop in childhood vaccination has been observed in recent years. One important reason that influences mothers' choice to either postpone or avoid children's vaccinations is knowledge and trust in childhood vaccines. This study aimed to assess mothers' knowledge and trust on vaccination of their children, and to examine the association between vaccination knowledge and selected socio-demographic factors.

METHODS:

A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 2022 to March 2022 to assess the knowledge and trust of mothers regarding childhood vaccination. Data was collected with self-administered questionnaires. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was employed to assess factors associated with childhood vaccine knowledge and trust.

RESULTS:

Of the 2,126 Rwandan parents who participated in the study, the proportions with good knowledge of - and good trust in childhood vaccination were 95.5% and 91.4%, respectively. The popular sources of information about childhood vaccination were health care professionals (91.8%) and mass media (28.9%). Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that good knowledge of - and trust in childhood vaccination were associated with the relationship with child(ren), education, occupation, and monthly income. The Multinomial logistic regression also revealed that the determinants of good knowledge of - and trust in childhood vaccination were; caregiver (p = 4.0 × 10-4, adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR); 1.7, 95%C.I; 1.3 - 2.3), no formal educational status (p = 3.3 × 10-2, aOR; 1.7, 95%C.I; 1.0 - 3.0), the unemployed occupational status (p = 2.4 × 10-2, aOR; 1.2, 95%C.I; 1.0 - 1.4), and persons on more than $401 per month (p = 2.0 × 10-4, aOR; 3.5, 95%C.I; 1.8 - 6.8).

CONCLUSION:

The majority of parents in Rwanda had both good knowledge of-and good trust regarding childhood vaccination. Public health strategies to promote vaccination, education programmes as well as improved communication tools between health care professionals/traditional leaders/religious leaders and parents need to be considered to achieve favourable vaccination attitudes and practices for all parents in Rwanda.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Vacunas / Confianza Límite: Child / Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Alemania Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Vacunas / Confianza Límite: Child / Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Alemania Pais de publicación: Reino Unido