Basic real immunization coverage for the first year of life in a Family Health Unit

• Autor(a) principal: Carneiro, Sandra Maria Magalhães Villela
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Lessa, Simone Schwartz, Guimarães, João Alfredo Lins, Loepert, Marina Moraes, Silva, Diego Barbosa da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/249
• topic: Immunization Coverage; Vaccination; Immunization Programs; Immunization Schedule; Cobertura de Vacunación; La Inmunización; Los Programas de Inmunización; Esquema de Inmunización; Cobertura vacinal; Vacinação; Programas de Imunização; Esquema de Imunização; Cobertura vacinal; vacinação; esquema básico

Purpose: to evaluate basic immunization coverage for the first year of life in a family health unit in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil. Methods: it was a cross-sectional study. Sixty six children from 12 to 24 months old were included. All parents or answerable persons for the children undergone to an interview. Additional data were collected from immunization cards for each child. Basic immunization coverage was considered complete when children received immunization on adequate age and intervals. Categorical variables were disposed in proportions. Mean and standard deviation were calculated for numeral variables. Differences between appropriate and inappropriate vacinal coverage groups were measured through Pearson’s qui-square (p < 0.05). Results: We obtained a sample of 66 children, of whom 24,2% (n = 16) completed the basic immunization schedule. The average number of residents was 4,7 ± 1,8, while the averege number of siblngs was 1,0 ± 1,0. It was found that 75,8% (n = 50) of children were part of the C2 or D. The average age of the person responsible was 30,53 ± 11 ranging from 16 to 62 years. Conclusion: The coverage for each of vaccines was always greater than the coverage for theentire scheme. It was found that a significant portion of children in this research did not receive all recommended doses, at ages appropriate and corret intervals. Therefore, the init needs to improve it’s technical procedures, and administrative in order to ensure full immunization coverage in due course.