Children not receiving adequate immunization in Ibadan, Nigeria: What reasons and beliefs do their mothers have?

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Oladokun, R E ^a   Adedokun, B O ^a   Lawoyin, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Ibadan; Inadequate immunization; Mothers' Reasons; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953160892     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. WHO. Expanded Programme on Immunization EPI.1987
2. WHO. Weekly epidemiological record 2006; 81(19): 189196.
3. Suresh K, Saxena D. Trends and determinants of immunization coverage in India. J Indian MedAssoc2000;98(1):10-4.
4. National Population Commission 2004. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2003. Calverton, Maryland: National Population commission and ORC/Marco.
5. National Programme on immunization. Federal Republic of Nigeria. Immunization coverage surveyreport2003.
6. Bradford BJ, Benedum KJ, Heald PA, Petrie SE. Immunization status of children on school entry: area analysis and recommendations 1991. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1996; 35(5):237-42. (Pubitemid 126479826)
7. Ulin PR, Ulin RO. The use and non-use of preventive health services in a South African village. Int J Health Educ 1981 ;24(1):45-53
8. Al-Sheikh OG, Al-Samarrai JI, Al-Sumaidaie MM, Mohammad SA, Al-Dujaily AA. Immunization coverage among children born between 1989 and 1994 in Saladdin Governorate, Iraq. Eastern Medit Health J 1999; 5(5): 933-940.
9. Renne E. Perspectives on polio and immunization in Northern Nigeria. Soc Sc & Med2006;63: 18571869
10. WHO. Immunization coverage cluster survey Reference manual. Available at: www.who.int/vaccines-documents/.
11. Taylor JA, Darden PM, Brooks DA, Hendricks J W, Wasserman RC, Bocian AB. Association between parents' preferences and perceptions of barriers to vaccination and the immunization status of their children: A study from Pediatric Research in Office Settings and the National Medical Association. Pediatrics 2002;110;1110-1116. (Pubitemid 35425185)
12. Bhatia V, Swami HM, Rai SR, Verma A, Kumari R. Immunization status in children. IndJPed2994;71 (4): 313 -315.
13. Setse RW, Cutts F, Monze M, Ryon JJ, Quinn TC, Griffin DE, Moss WJ. HIV-1 infection as a risk factor for incomplete childhood immunization in Zambia. J Trop Pediatr 2006; 52(5): 324-328. (Pubitemid 44542350)
14. Freeman PA, Thompson JA, Bukenya GB. Factors affecting the use of immunization among urban settlement dwellers in Papua New Guinea. PNGMedJ(1992);35(3):179-85.
15. Gust DA, Woodruff R, Kennedy A, Brown C, Sheedy K, Hibbs R. Parental perceptions surrounding risks and benefits ofimmunization. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2003; 14(3): 207 212. (Pubitemid 36994973)
16. Gellin BG, Maibach EW, Marcuse EK. Do parents understand immunizations? A national telephone survey. Pediatrics 2000; 106; 1097-1102.