Age-appropriate vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12-35 months in Ethiopia: A multi-level analysis.

Autor: Worku BT; Department of Population and Family Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Wordofa EA; Department Epidemiology, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Senbeto G; Department Environmental Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Zinab B; Department Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Kebede EB; School of Nursing, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Abamecha F; Department of Health Behavior and Society, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Debela GT; Department of Population and Family Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia., Birhanu N; Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Health, Jimma University and Ethiopia, Jimma, Ethiopia., Siraneh Y; Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Health, Jimma University and Ethiopia, Jimma, Ethiopia., Tamiru D; Department Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Oct 10; Vol. 19 (10), pp. e0305801. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 10 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305801
Abstrakt: Background: Age-appropriate vaccination is a crucial public health measure to prevent morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite its importance, there has been insufficient emphasis on tackling this problem. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of age-appropriate vaccination and associated factors in Ethiopia.
Method: Data from 1077 children aged 12-35months were extracted from the Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey 2019 using a prepared data extraction checklist and included in the analysis. The extracted data was analyzed using STATA version 14.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied, followed by multilevel logistic regression. Significant variables were identified at p-value < 0.05 within 95% confidence level and AOR.
Result: The pooled prevalence of age-appropriate vaccination in this study was 21.17% (95%CI: 18.73-23.61). Factors like mothers age > = 40 years (AOR = 4.05, 95%CI: 1.03, 15.83), 35-39 years (AOR = 4.62, 95%CI: 1.27,16.71), 25-29 years (AOR = 4.07, 95%CI: 1.18,14.03), Maternal secondary education (AOR = 1.85, 95% CI: 1.06, 3.22), Maternal primary education (AOR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.07, 2.41) and rural residence (AOR = 0.34, 95%CI: 0.23,0.51) were significant predictors of age-appropriate vaccinations.
Conclusion: This study concluded that the prevalence of age-appropriate vaccination of children in Ethiopia is below the desired level. Hence, the stakeholders should prioritize timely vaccination of children, similar to as the efforts made to increase overall coverage.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist
(Copyright: © 2024 Worku et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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