Timeliness and Coverage of Basic Immunization among Children 12-48 Months in Puskesmas Amplas Medan City

Juliandi Harahap, Lita Sri Andayani, Rina Amelia

2018

Abstract

Immunization is a way to increase the body’s immunity against a disease. It can prevent the occurrence of the disease if an individual is exposed to it later in life. The completeness and timeliness of immunization are important to ensure the optimal protection against the diseases This was an observational descriptive study with a retrospective approach. This study was conducted in the working area of Puskesmas Amplas (health center). The respondents were mothers who have children aged 12 – 48 months which obtained by using the consecutive sampling method. A total of 72 mothers were interviewed using structured questionnaire and the health cards of childen were recorded and analyzed. The aims of this study were to analyzed immunization coverage and its timeliness and to assess the knowlegde of mothers about basic immunization. The study found that the basic immunization coverage reached only 58.3%, while the the highest timeliness of immunization was Hepatitis B 0 vaccine 95.8% and the lowest was Polio 4 vaccine 38.9%, where mothers who had good knowledge about immunization only 58.3%. Therefore, it is important to increase knowledge of mothers about immunization and take advantage of using a reminder for immunization schedule.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Harahap J., Andayani L. and Amelia R. (2018). Timeliness and Coverage of Basic Immunization among Children 12-48 Months in Puskesmas Amplas Medan City.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 610-615. DOI: 10.5220/0010080406100615

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Juliandi Harahap and Lita Sri Andayani and Rina Amelia},
title={Timeliness and Coverage of Basic Immunization among Children 12-48 Months in Puskesmas Amplas Medan City},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={610-615},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010080406100615},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Timeliness and Coverage of Basic Immunization among Children 12-48 Months in Puskesmas Amplas Medan City
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Harahap J.
AU - Andayani L.
AU - Amelia R.
PY - 2018
SP - 610
EP - 615
DO - 10.5220/0010080406100615