Visiting Nurse Knowledge and Attitude towards Child Vaccination
Mamedaliyeva, Altynai (2019)
Mamedaliyeva, Altynai
2019
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Background. Vaccination of children under one year of age is very important. Millions of
children each year do not receive the full course of standard immunization. There is a
lack of understanding of the potential risks and inefficiencies of the vaccine in the event
of a disease.
Objective: To increase vaccination among children by assessing the knowledge of nurses
in urban clinics about vaccination and their attitudes towards immunization of children.
Methods: This is a quantitative study conducted by the questionnaire method in 136
district nurses of three multidisciplinary outpatient organizations in a large city. The
survey was conducted in May and October 2019. Questionnaires were statistically
processed using SPSS software. Data was processed using descriptive statistics.
Results: The awareness of nurses about the mandatory vaccination of children under
the age of 15 in the Republic of Kazakhstan was good. Nurses’ personal attitude towards
vaccination was identified in most of the cases as “strongly favorable” and “favorable”.
General practitioners were mainly the source of information on vaccines and
vaccinations. Study revealed rather low awareness of polyclinic nurses in vaccination
and immunization issues, for instance, on possible risks of infection to non-vaccinated
child health.
Conclusion: City polyclinic nurses showed a rather high commitment to child
vaccination. Nevertheless, nurses have average knowledge about vaccination and
immunization and show insufficient willingness to improve it. Moreover, nurses’
knowledge on vaccines and vaccination is not obtained from scientific articles and
training seminars, but from their polyclinic doctors. In nurses' opinion, population
refuses vaccination because of distrust in vaccine, fear of side effects, and reliance on
natural immunization.
children each year do not receive the full course of standard immunization. There is a
lack of understanding of the potential risks and inefficiencies of the vaccine in the event
of a disease.
Objective: To increase vaccination among children by assessing the knowledge of nurses
in urban clinics about vaccination and their attitudes towards immunization of children.
Methods: This is a quantitative study conducted by the questionnaire method in 136
district nurses of three multidisciplinary outpatient organizations in a large city. The
survey was conducted in May and October 2019. Questionnaires were statistically
processed using SPSS software. Data was processed using descriptive statistics.
Results: The awareness of nurses about the mandatory vaccination of children under
the age of 15 in the Republic of Kazakhstan was good. Nurses’ personal attitude towards
vaccination was identified in most of the cases as “strongly favorable” and “favorable”.
General practitioners were mainly the source of information on vaccines and
vaccinations. Study revealed rather low awareness of polyclinic nurses in vaccination
and immunization issues, for instance, on possible risks of infection to non-vaccinated
child health.
Conclusion: City polyclinic nurses showed a rather high commitment to child
vaccination. Nevertheless, nurses have average knowledge about vaccination and
immunization and show insufficient willingness to improve it. Moreover, nurses’
knowledge on vaccines and vaccination is not obtained from scientific articles and
training seminars, but from their polyclinic doctors. In nurses' opinion, population
refuses vaccination because of distrust in vaccine, fear of side effects, and reliance on
natural immunization.