Themes | Data source (FGDs, KIIs) | Influence on utilisation of immunisation services |
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Social influence | Â | Â |
Influence from male partner | Â | Â |
Father's offer support in form of transport to immunisation unit | All | Positive |
Father's make the decision to immunise | Female FGDs | Both positive and negative |
Joint decision to immunise or not | All (emphasized more among male FGDs) | Positive |
Less power for decision making | Female FGDs | Negative influence for women |
Influence from older generation and peers | Â | Â |
Decision making involves kin | All | Mostly negative |
Decision to immunise against spousal consent encouraged by experienced mothers | Female FGDs (older women) and female key informant | Positive |
Intimate partner violence | Female FGDs | Negative |
Social stigma against teenage mothers | Female KII | Negative |
Self-efficacy | Â | Â |
Difficult to access immunisation unit | All | Negative |
Vaccines sometimes out of stock | All | Negative |
Have to choose between money for transport and food | All FGDs | Negative |
Lack of presentable clothing | Female FGDs | Negative |
Gender roles | All | Negative for the men |
Lack of job security leading to choice between work and immunisation | All | Negative |
Attitude | Â | Â |
Trust in immunisation | Â | Â |
Believe immunisation is beneficial | All | Positive |
Perception of lack of trust in immunisation programme/immunisation is harmful to the child's health | All | Negative |
Fear of vaccine side effects leading to drop out or delayed immunisation | Mostly female FGDs | Negative |
Programmatic preferences | Â | Â |
Preference for routine immunisation services | All | Positive |
Reasons for preference of routine services: | Â | Â |
Health workers take responsibility if complications develop after immunisation | All | Positive |
Routine services have a fixed address | All | Positive |
Forceful methods of conducting mass immunisation exercises | All | Negative |