Mothers’ preference for routine immunization appointment reminders in Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria
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چکیده
Background: Globally, under-5 children account for three-quarter of the two million annual deaths caused by vaccine preventable diseases (VPD). The VPD is comparatively higher in developing countries, and particular, Nigeria where 1 5 childhood VPD-related. This mortality has been attributed to inequitable uptake immunization variably low education, confusion forgetfulness among others. millennium mobile phone proliferation made it a useful reminder tool. We therefore explore access phone, willingness predictors receive mothers. Methods: Semi-structured questionnaire was deployed this cross-sectional study obtain relevant information from 384 mother-child pairs at clinic (cluster) over 9 months.Results: A total 372 (96.9%) 379 (98.7%) mothers had personal husbands’ respectively while 339 (88.3%) showed reminder. factors significantly associated with were mother’s tertiary education (p=0.008), unemployment (p=0.011), father’s occupation as senior public servant (p=0.001) (p=0.015). Adjusting confounders, predictive (aOR 11.1, 95% CI 3.160-390.08) 2.9, 1.822-5, 302).Conclusions: Access improved are significant tools enhancing coverage.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2349-3283', '2349-3291']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20220447