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KMID : 0384320120330040237
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2012 Volume.33 No. 4 p.237 ~ p.242
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Retention of the Mother and Child Health Handbook and Additional Immunization of Japanese Encephalitis and Tetanus Vaccine
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Kim Hyun-Kyoung
Nam Ji-Eun
Chang Woo-Yong
Rho Yong-Kyun
Choi Min-Kyu
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Abstract
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Background: Improvement of additional immunization rate is indicated as an important factor for effective immunization of diseases. In this study, the relationship between retention of mother and child health handbook and additional immunization rate of Japanese encephalitis and tetanus was examined.
Methods: A survey via questionnaire was performed against parents of students of middle schools in Gwangmyeongsi, Gyeonggi-do, and elementary schools in Seoul. Among 350 copies of the questionnaire delivered via post mail, 261 copies were collected and used in the analysis. The questionnaire included general features of subjects and their children, retention of the mother and child health handbook, and recognition of additional immunization of the Japanese encephalitis and tetanus vaccine.
Results: It was found that 80.8% of subjects answered affi rmative to retaining the mother and child health handbook, and the group retaining the handbook had higher recognition rate of the need for additional immunization than the group that did not, for the Japanese encephalitis vaccine (83.2% vs. 51.2%, P < 0.001) and for the tetanus vaccine (66.5% vs. 31.7%, P < 0.001). Although the group retaining the handbook had a signifi cantly higher additional immunization rate of the tetanus vaccine of 48.6% vs. 17.1% (P = 0.001), the immunization rate of the Japanese encephalitis vaccine did not show a signifi cant difference (P = 0.231). The group recognizing the need for additional immunization of the Japanese encephalitis and tetanus vaccine had a signifi cantly higher additional immunization rate than the counterpart (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: It was considered that retention of the mother and child health handbook was related to recognition and execution of additional immunizations.
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KEYWORD
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Handbooks, Mother and Child Health, Japanese Encephalitis, Tetanus, Immunization
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