Author/Authors :
Gouya Mohammad- Mehdi نويسنده , Ansari-Moghaddam Alireza نويسنده Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Promotion Research Center, Faculty of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan Ansari-Moghaddam Alireza , Mohammadi Mahdi نويسنده PhD student, Payam Noor University, Iran , Kiani Malek نويسنده Department of Control Disease, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Kiani Malek , Zareban Iraj نويسنده Assistant Professor, Health Promotion Research Centre, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran , Zahraei Seyed Mohsen نويسنده Center for Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran , Khorram Alireza نويسنده Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , Tabatabaei Seyed Mehdi نويسنده Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , Elhami Feiz Mohammad نويسنده Immunization Department, Sistan and Balouchistan Provincial Health Centre, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , Zanganeh Mehdi نويسنده Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran , Adineh Hosein Ali نويسنده Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran , Sabouri Azam نويسنده Center for Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
[Background]Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) have been considered as a strategic key towards elimination of measles and rubella. This study aimed at identifying the coverage of vaccination in target population children.[Methods]The study was carried out in South-East of Iran on a total of 6838 randomly selected children. Information was collected by trained interviewers using a validated questionnaire. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (i.e. frequencies and percentages) and 95% confidence interval.[Results]Overall, 98.7% of children were vaccinated during SIAs campaign. Vaccination cards were available for about two-thirds of the participants at the time of home visits while 95.3% of them reportedly received an immunization card.Refusal to vaccinate (31%), not informed (24.2%), children being sick (22.4%), and travel (20.2%) were the main reasons for not vaccinating children (n = 86) during the campaign. The main sites for vaccination were school (46.5%) and health centers (46.4%). Fever (44.8%) and severe pain at the injection site (36.2%) were reported as the most frequent complications by the study participants. Prevention of measles and rubella (66.6%) and health staff recommendations (31.4%) were the main vaccination incentives.[Conclusions]To sum up, Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) are a good approach towards high coverage of immunization and attain measles and rubella elimination.
