ABSTRACT
Immunization is one of the major public health interventions to avoid childhood
illnesses and mortality. Globally, there are 30 million children who are not routinely
immunized every year and 1.5 million children under five years of age die each year
from vaccine preventable diseases.
The purpose of the study was to establish factors contributing to low immunization
coverage in Kakoba Division - Mbarara Municipality, Mbarara District. Crosssectional
and descriptive study which employed a quantitative approach of data
collection was used and the study was conducted at Kakoba Health Centre III in
Kakoba Division. The researcher used convenient sampling method to select samples.
Only 65 parents/caretakers with children who attended Maternal Child Health at
Kakoba Health Centre III in Kakoba Division. The findings showed that a majority 29
(45%) of the participants said there are others factors like poor mobilization,
postponding dates and few health workers which hinders immunization services while
a few 4 (6%) sail low knowledge of the health workers. majority 56 (86%) of the
participants said fear of the side effects of the vaccine because it make the child sick
compared to only 1 (2%) who had no response, 52 (80%) of the participants revealed
that lack of awareness by care givers may result to low immunization service utilization
while only 4 (6%) were not sure of that. Factors like poor mobilization, postponding
dates, fear of side effects of the vaccine and lack of awareness by caregivers contribute
to low immunization coverage.
Research, S. (2022). FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IN KAKOBA DIVISION - MBARARA MUNICIPALITY, MBARARA DISTRICT. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/factors-contributing-to-low-immunization-coverage-in-kakoba-division-mbarara-municipality-mbarara-district
Research, SSA "FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IN KAKOBA DIVISION - MBARARA MUNICIPALITY, MBARARA DISTRICT" Afribary. Afribary, 12 Aug. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/factors-contributing-to-low-immunization-coverage-in-kakoba-division-mbarara-municipality-mbarara-district. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Research, SSA . "FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IN KAKOBA DIVISION - MBARARA MUNICIPALITY, MBARARA DISTRICT". Afribary, Afribary, 12 Aug. 2022. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/factors-contributing-to-low-immunization-coverage-in-kakoba-division-mbarara-municipality-mbarara-district >.
Research, SSA . "FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IN KAKOBA DIVISION - MBARARA MUNICIPALITY, MBARARA DISTRICT" Afribary (2022). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/factors-contributing-to-low-immunization-coverage-in-kakoba-division-mbarara-municipality-mbarara-district