Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Childhood Immunization among Mothers Attending Magu District Hospital, Mwanza (Record no. 22191)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Madeline Victor Kinyonga |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/ 3000498/T/17 |
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| Title | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Childhood Immunization among Mothers Attending Magu District Hospital, Mwanza |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | © 31st August 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix; 38 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Background: Immunization is the world’s safest method to product children from threatening infectious diseases and has been estimated to save more than three million lives in 2018 (WHO 2018). The study determined knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers towards immunization uptake in Magu district hospital, Mwanza.<br/><br/>Method: A cross sectional study design was used with a sample size of 196 respondents who were mothers with children less than two years selected by consecutive sampling Data was collected using questionnaire.<br/><br/>Results: Regarding knowledge on immunization uptake, all respondents had ever heard about immunization mostly from health workers and 51.5% could correctly define it. About 53.1% of mothers were able to mention two or more immunization diseases, (60.7%) of mothers could tell that multiple doses of the same vaccine are given at intervals and 55.1% of mothers were aware of what age a child should receive first vaccine.<br/><br/>Attitude towards immunization was positive, 57.1% mothers agreed that all vaccines are safe, 82.1% agreed completion of immunization schedule is important, were 68.9% of mothers agreed that timing of immunization matters.<br/><br/>The overall practice was excellent, all mothers reported to have ever immunized their child. Immunization was initiated at birth by 44.8% of mothers. Majority of mothers 73% immunized child four times and more.<br/><br/>Conclusion and Recommendations: The study concludes level of knowledge to be adequate, with positive attitude and excellent practice. Suggestions include health worker to use mothers with good practice in immunizing their child as ambassadors in their community. <br/> |
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| General subdivision | Community Medicine |
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| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
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