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Causes of Delay in Age Appropriate Vaccination | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 298-301 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Kholod Dhaher Al- Shemari | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The child vaccination status is influenced by factors such as the child’s health status , economic status ,parental health attitudes and family characteristics . The effects of these risk factors including the child’s age , poverty status , geographic location , race , ethnicity and education level of parents . We undertook this study to estimate the risk factors of children who had delay in age appropriate vaccination . METHODS : 200 children with history of delay in their age appropriate vaccination were examined in their last visit to vaccination department in Fatema Al-Zahra teaching hospital . their mothers had been inquired about the real causes of delayed vaccination . RESULTS : Child sickness , poverty , large family size , low parental education level , terroristic explosion , one parent family , vaccine contamination rumor ,and displaced families , were significantly related causes of increased child vaccination delay . CONCLUSION : the study had concluded that large family size formed 30.5% of the demographic factors that influenced vaccination status of children . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Vaccination; age appropriate vaccination | ||
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