Vaccine schedule in children in a primary care center. Corrientes 2021.

Abstract

Objective: Describe and identify the reasons why parents or guardians did not complete the childhood vaccination schedule in a  Primary Health Care Center of the City of Corrientes in the year 2021. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional study.  Population: parents or guardians of children with incomplete schemes. Data collection through a survey validated in a pilot test.  The data captured in a matrix were subjected to descriptive analysis. It was endorsed by the Ethics Committee. Results:  The sample was integrated with 53 units of analysis. Mean age 28 years; 79% were mothers; 62% already had two or more  children; 74% were single; 47% had not completed secondary or primary school; most were unemployed or received social  plans. 66% thought that vaccines cured diseases; 89% prevented them and 89% thought they were safe. Sources of information: the medical and nursing team, 17% from family or friends, 30% on the internet or the media. In noncompliance reasons, the most frequent lack of vaccines (31%), parent or guardian work schedules (15%), infant diseases (10%). Conclusion: The  information on vaccines was provided by the health team, families and the media. Although they claimed that they prevented diseases and were safe, many maintained that they cured diseases. Reasons for non-compliance were noted as lack of vaccines, work schedules of the interviewees and illnesses of the minor, time restrictions of the vaccination and those given by the pandemic.