Association of children immunization coverage with parental characteristics in a rural area of Bangladesh

Authors

  • N Nazneen Assistant Professor, Gazi Medical College, Khulna
  • MS Laskar Professor of Community Medicine, Gazi Medical College, Khulna
  • PP Barua Associate Professor of Community Medicine, Rangamati Medical College, Rangamati
  • S Farjan Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Gazi Medical College, Khulna
  • M Parveen Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Gazi Medical College, Khulna
  • MN Alam Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cox?s Bazar Medical College, Cox?s Bazar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/mediscope.v4i1.34376

Keywords:

Children immunization, parental characteristics, association, Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of the cross sectional descriptive type of study was to document the childhood immunization coverage and its association with parental socio-demographic characteristics. For this, 160 parents of 160 children from a selected rural area of Chittagong, Bangladesh were selected by purposive sampling technique and data were collected by face to face interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. Immunization coverage of the children was about 82%. Parental age, gender and their decision (governmental or private service from where immunization done) were significantly associated with the children immunization coverage (p < 0.01, p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). The result may be helpful to policymakers for future planning and implementation of children immunization programme to improve children immunization coverage in Bangladesh.

Mediscope Vol. 4, No. 1: Jan 2017, Page 25-29

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2017-10-22

How to Cite

Nazneen, N., Laskar, M., Barua, P., Farjan, S., Parveen, M., & Alam, M. (2017). Association of children immunization coverage with parental characteristics in a rural area of Bangladesh. Mediscope, 4(1), 25–29. https://doi.org/10.3329/mediscope.v4i1.34376

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017)

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