Determinants of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake among children attending immunisation services at Kenyatta national hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
dc.contributor.author | Ng éno, LC | |
dc.contributor.author | Mukthar, VK | |
dc.contributor.author | Kulei, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Chege, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-21T08:21:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-21T08:21:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mukthar, V. K., S. J. Kulei, and M. Chege. "Determinants of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake among children attending immunisation services at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya." East African Medical Journal 92.7 (2015): 348-353. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/123814 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/100657 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To establish the determinants of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake among children brought to Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: A cross-sectional hospital-based quantitative and qualitative study Setting: Kenyatta National hospital which is the largest teaching and referral hospital in East and Central Africa situated in Nairobi, Kenya. Subjects: The respondents were the parents/guardians of children less than two years of age attending immunisation services at KNH and those admitted in the peadiatric wards with pneumonia. Results: The study established that the determinants of uptake of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine are age(OR 5.8, CI 1.4-23.4, p=0.014), level of education (OR 5.8, CI 1.5-22.4, p=0.01), parity (OR 0.2, CI 0.1-0.7, p=0.017), occupation (OR 6.5, CI 1.5-27.6, p=0.011), family income (OR 8.8, CI 1.4-55.6, p=0.001), knowledge (OR 6.5, CI 1.1-15.2, p=0.011) and attitude (OR 6.3, CI 1.9-26.8, p=0.001). Conclusion: The study concluded that factors of the caregivers/parents that are statistically significant to the uptake of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine uptake are Income, parity, education leve, age and occupation. Also a friendly attitude from health personnel was shown to motivate parents/guardians’ adherence to vaccination schedules. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | Determinants of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake among children attending immunisation services at Kenyatta national hospital, Nairobi, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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