Determinants and Coverage of Vaccination in Children in Western Kenya from a 2003 Cross-Sectional Survey
Determinants and Coverage of Vaccination in Children in Western Kenya from a 2003 Cross-Sectional Survey
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.13-0127
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发表时间:
2014-02-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Hamel, Mary J.
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作者:
Calhoun, Lisa M.;van Eijk, Anna M.;Hamel, Mary J.
This study assesses full and timely vaccination coverage and factors associated with full vaccination in children ages 12-23 months in Gem, Nyanza Province, Kenya in 2003. A simple random sample of 1,769 households was selected, and guardians were invited to bring children under 5 years of age to participate in a survey. Full vaccination coverage was 31.1% To among 244 children. Only 2.2% received all vaccinations in the target month for each vaccination. In multivariate logistic regression, children of mothers of higher parity (odds ratio [OR] = 0.27, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.13-0.65, P