Brief report: Parental attitudes and knowledge on routine childhood immunization: an experience from Central Sri Lanka
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N C Herath1, T Kudagammana2, T T Sanathchandra1
1Department of Radiography, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Objectives:
A lack of correct awareness about immunization among parents put them at risk of falling prey to the anti-vaccine movement. This risk is present even in countries with a high vaccine uptake. This study was done with the objective of assessing the awareness of parents childhood vaccination.
Results:
In this study conducted among 141 parents accompanying children to a routine clinic we found that 53.2% of the participants had average or above average knowledge. Level of knowledge was associated with the level of education (OR: 2.7, 95% CI 1.4-5.4) and the sex of the parent (OR: 3.4, 95% CI 1.2-9.3). While our sample size is small, we recommend educational programmes for parents to strengthen their knowledge on vaccination to safeguard the continuity of a successful control of vaccine preventable diseases.
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