Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq

Background Since last 100 years, immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators. However, the immunization system is still imperfect; there are many countries that still have unvaccinated children. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to im...

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Main Authors:	Al-lela, Omer QB, Bahari, Mohd B, Salih, Muhannad RM, Al-abbassi, Mustafa G, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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Published:	BioMed Central Ltd 2014
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-356752017-09-07T06:26:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35675/ Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq Al-lela, Omer QB Bahari, Mohd B Salih, Muhannad RM Al-abbassi, Mustafa G Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Jamshed, Shazia Qasim RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background Since last 100 years, immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators. However, the immunization system is still imperfect; there are many countries that still have unvaccinated children. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between parental knowledge-practice (KP) regarding immunization with family and immunization providers’ factors. Methods This is a prospective cross-sectional study design. Immunization knowledge and practices among 528 Iraqi parents were evaluated through validated questionnaire. Familial data and immunization provider’s characteristics were collected from parents through interview. Results More than half of respondents/study population (66.1%) have adequate knowledge- practice scores. Significant associations were noted for knowledge-practice groups with father’s education level, mother’s education level, mother’s age at delivery, number of preschool children, parents gender, family income, provider types, and birth place (p < 0.05). Conclusion Immunization campaigns and awareness are required to improve parents’ knowledge and practice regarding immunization. The study results reinforce recommendations for use of educational programmes to improve the immunization knowledge and practice. Keywords: Immunization; Iraq; Parents; Knowledge; Practice BioMed Central Ltd 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35675/1/1471-2431-14-29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35675/4/35675_Factors%20underlying%20inadequate%20parents%27_scopus.pdf Al-lela, Omer QB and Bahari, Mohd B and Salih, Muhannad RM and Al-abbassi, Mustafa G and Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim (2014) Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq. BMC Pediatrics, 14 (29). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1471-2431 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/14/29
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Al-lela, Omer QB Bahari, Mohd B Salih, Muhannad RM Al-abbassi, Mustafa G Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
description	Background Since last 100 years, immunization rate is one of the best public health outcome and service indicators. However, the immunization system is still imperfect; there are many countries that still have unvaccinated children. Parental decisions regarding immunization are very important to improve immunization rate. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between parental knowledge-practice (KP) regarding immunization with family and immunization providers’ factors. Methods This is a prospective cross-sectional study design. Immunization knowledge and practices among 528 Iraqi parents were evaluated through validated questionnaire. Familial data and immunization provider’s characteristics were collected from parents through interview. Results More than half of respondents/study population (66.1%) have adequate knowledge- practice scores. Significant associations were noted for knowledge-practice groups with father’s education level, mother’s education level, mother’s age at delivery, number of preschool children, parents gender, family income, provider types, and birth place (p < 0.05). Conclusion Immunization campaigns and awareness are required to improve parents’ knowledge and practice regarding immunization. The study results reinforce recommendations for use of educational programmes to improve the immunization knowledge and practice. Keywords: Immunization; Iraq; Parents; Knowledge; Practice
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author	Al-lela, Omer QB Bahari, Mohd B Salih, Muhannad RM Al-abbassi, Mustafa G Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_facet	Al-lela, Omer QB Bahari, Mohd B Salih, Muhannad RM Al-abbassi, Mustafa G Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_sort	Al-lela, Omer QB
title	Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
title_short	Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
title_full	Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
title_fullStr	Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
title_full_unstemmed	Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq
title_sort	factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in mosul-iraq
publisher	BioMed Central Ltd
publishDate	2014
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Factors underlying inadequate parents' awareness regarding pediatrics immunization: findings of cross-sectional study in Mosul-Iraq

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