Barriers to child immunization as perceived by the primary caregivers in selected communities in Cavite

Date of Completion

2002

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Immunization of children, Caregivers, Psychology.

Abstract

The study utilizes a descriptive survey design. This study involves 50 primary caregivers in six selected communities that are involved into upland and lowland, who regularly accompany the child to be vaccinated. The researchers first conducted an interview with some of the primary caregivers residing in rural areas in Cavite, specifically in Dasmarinas. The tool that was used has two major parts. The first part served to obtain the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, namely their age, gender, educational attainment, religion, address, number of children and occupation and geographical location. The second part consist of twenty perceived barriers presented on the left part of the tool to be answered by a scale indicating the respondent’s level of agreement. The statistical treatment used in the study were percentage, mean, t-test, and f-test. 1) Most of the respondents were between 26-65 years of age, female reached high school level, non-working and Catholics; 2) The respondents generally were uncertain whether the internal and external factors were barriers to immunization or not; 3) The age, educational attainment, religion, number of children and geographical location does affect the perception of the primary caregivers towards the barriers to immunization. The gender and occupation does not affect the perception of the primary caregivers towards the barriers to immunization; 4) The age, educational attainment, religion, number of children and geographical location does not affect the perception of the primary caregivers towards the barriers to immunization. The gender and occupation does not affect the perception of the primary caregivers towards the barriers to immunization.

Comments

Call Number: TH NM 02 05

Location: Research Commons

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