Jurnal Info Kesehatan
Vol 19 No 1 (2021): JURNAL INFO KESEHATAN

Factors Associated with Providing the Basic Immunization to Infants

Iskandar Arfan (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Mardjan Mardjan (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Yulsi Testiani (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2021

Abstract

Basic immunization is the first providing immunization to acquire the immune level on the verge of protection given to baby before one year which was aimed to get a full set of basic immunization for each baby with a good indicator that is full immunization (IDL). The indicator was influenced by several independent variables such as mother’s job status, education, knowledge, attitude, perception, and support from cadre and family. From total 89 villages in Lamandau district since 2015 to 2018, there were 82 villages of Universal Child Immunization (UCI) (92.1%) increased by 22.78% than 2016 is 69.32%. However, there was Drop Out (DO) of 2.83% from the village thathad not reached a full set of basic immunization of infants in Kujan Village. The objective of this study is to determine the factors associated with providing a full set of basic immunization of infants in Kujan village, Bulik district, Lamandau Regency, Central Kalimantan Province. The research employed cross sectional design. Data was collected from 80 mothers who had children aged 12-24 months during February 2020. The study samples was conducted with total sampling (80 respondents). The results of study used chi square test with levels of trust that is 95%. It showed a significant relationship between education by providing a full set of basic immunization of infants with p-value = 0.000. Meanwhile, employment status, knowledge, attitudes, family support, perceptions, support from cadres were not related to complete immunization. Therefore, based on the results of this study, it is suggested to the Lamandau Regency Government in the long term to improve the education of healthy mothers and also massive education related to the importance of immunization to increase the complete basic immunization coverage in Kujan Village.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

infokes

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Dentistry Health Professions Immunology & microbiology

Description

Jurnal Info Kesehatan with registered number ISSN 0216-504X (Print), 2620-536X (Online) is a scientific journal which managed by the Research and Community Service Unit, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Kupang in cooperation with Indonesian Oral Health and Therapists Association with the MoU. The ...