Opinions of parents with children between 0 and 2 ages about vaccinations

Year 2019, Volume: 44 Issue: Supplement 1, 156 - 164, 29.12.2019

Ezgi Demirtürk Selçuk , Birsel Canan Demirbağ

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.554721

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Purpose: This study was carried out to evaluate the parent’s thoughts about vaccines who have children at the age of 0-2 years.

Materials and Methods: This study was carried out between the dates 1st January-31st March 2018, in a neonatal intensive care unit of a t and Research Hospital Pediatrician Service, with volunteering parents (N=100) of 0-2 aged children who were being treated for various reasons.

Results: In this study, there are mothers and 61% of them are high school graduates, 56% are housewives and 95% are without social security. Out of parents; 98% of them said that vaccines are required, 65% of them said that vaccine protects from the disease, 80% of them said that they had learned about vaccines in Family Health Center, 16% of them due to some vaccines contain mercury did not want to get vaccinated and 54% of them said that they had not joined the eradication program. 

Conclusion: Mothers were not informed enough about the contents of the vaccines and that they were informed by the primary health care personnel of the vaccines.

Keywords

Vaccines, information, parent, Immunization

0-2 yaş aralığında çocuğu olan ebeveynlerin aşılar hakkındaki düşünceleri

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma 0-2 yaş çocuğu olan ebeveynlerin aşılar hakkındaki düşüncelerini değerlendirmek amacıyla yapıldı.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma 1 Ocak- 31 Mart 2018 tarihleri arasında, bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nin çocuk hastalıkları servisi ve yeni doğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde, çeşitli nedenlerle tedavi gören 0-2 yaş çocukların gönüllü olarak çalışmayı kabul eden ebeveynleri (N=100) ile yapıldı. 

Bulgular: Çalışmada,  %61’i lise mezunu, %56’sı ev hanımı, %95’inin sosyal güvencesi bulunmayan anneler bulunmaktadır. Ebeveynlerin; %98’i aşıların gerekli olduğunu, %65’i aşıların hastalıktan koruduğunu,  %80’i aşıları Aile Sağlığı Merkezi’nde öğrendiklerini, %16’sı bazı aşıların cıva içermesi nedeniyle aşı yaptırmak istemediklerini ve %54’ü eradikasyon programına katılmadıklarını ifade etmişlerdir.

Sonuç: Annelerin, aşıların içeriği konusunda yeterli bilgi sahibi olmadıkları, aşılar konusunda en çok birinci basamak aile sağlığı elemanı tarafından bilgilendirildikleri tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Vaccines, information, parent, ımmunization

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