性别偏见的家长观念对苏丹东部免疫接种不足的影响:一个横截面研究
Malaz Sulieman Abdallah1, Taqwa Jumma1, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi2
1Public Health Department, School of Health Sciences, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.
Frontiers in global women's health
|November 13, 2024
概括
父母对性别偏见的看法对苏丹东部儿童免疫不足有很大影响. 优先考虑男性接种疫苗而不是女性接种疫苗与较低的疫苗接种率有关,这凸显了在免疫计划中解决性别规范的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 全球疫苗接种受到社会经济,地理,文化和性别相关不平等的阻碍.
- 东苏丹面临着公认的性别差异,但它们对疫苗接种的影响尚未得到充分了解.
- 了解这些差异对于改善儿童免疫覆盖率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查性别偏见的父母对儿童免疫不足的影响在苏丹东部的卡萨拉.
- 确定影响该地区疫苗接种状况的特定性别相关因素.
- 为公平的疫苗接入提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 2022年11月,在苏丹东部的卡萨拉地区进行了一项基于社区的横截面研究.
- 从400名家长那里收集数据,使用预先测试的结构化问卷.
- 统计分析,包括奇平方和费舍尔精确测试,用于评估与免疫不足相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 14%的儿童免疫接种不足;83%的儿童完全接种了五价疫苗.
- 大约20%的家长认为男性接种疫苗比女性接种疫苗更重要,与免疫接种不足显著相关 (p=0.049).
- 男人完全接种疫苗的频率比女性高5%;母亲的教育和家庭收入也影响了疫苗接种情况.
结论:
- 性别规范对苏丹东部儿童的接种疫苗和平等有重大影响.
- 解决性别偏见的看法对于改善免疫需求和弹性至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索性别规范对疫苗接种计划的长期影响.
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