Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Hail City, 2018 | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 30, Volume 73, Issue 3, October 2018, Page 6377-6381 PDF (586.77 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.14358 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Tamam Murdi Alshammari  1; Yazeed Saad R Alsubaie2; Someili, Suleman Ali3; Najla Mohammed Alajmi4; Khalid Khalaf M Alanazi5; Mohammed Abdulkareem Abdrab Alamir6; Zayed Ahmad Eisa Albenawi7; Ahmed Mohammed Alsahli8; Noor Sayed Saleh Darwish Alsharkhat9; Abdulaziz Jazza Almejlad10; Mohammad Nasser Almatrafi; Almotasem Bllah Ali Alhazmi
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| 1University of Hail, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 2Majmma University, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 3Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Jordan | ||||
| 4Almaarefa University for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 5Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 6Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 7King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 8General practitioner, University Of Science &Technology in Sana’a, Yemen | ||||
| 9Jordan University of Science and Technology- Irbid, Jordan | ||||
| 10King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT Background:Immunization has shown major preventive aspects of infectious diseases, disability and death. Objectives: Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Saudi parents in Hail City regarding the immunization programs for children, Saudi Arabia (KSA), 2018. Methods: It is a cross sectional survey study that was carried out upon 420 parents that were randomly selected as the team focused on collection from public areas to get the appropriate knowledge level from the community for 3 months from May to the end of July, 2018. Parents and were asked to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 4 different parts about the demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice of parents toward immunization. Results: The included parents have shown a high level of awareness about vaccination regarding the preventive measures and importance of vaccination which resulted in positive attitudes and practice pattern among most of them. The overall KAP was good among most of parents. The higher KAP level wasn’t significantly associated with gender, educational degree and number of children. Conclusion: Most of Saudi parents in Hail City had good KAP toward immunization which wasn’t associated with gender and educational degrees. However, educational programs are still in need to increase the parents’ knowledge and practice especially among illiterate and less educated parents living in rural areas. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Knowledge; Attitude; Practice (KAP); Immunization; Vaccination; parents; children; KSA; 2018 | ||||
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