Table 2 Practices, knowledge, and attitudes on vaccination and quality of immunization services, by region: Colombia, May 2010★
Indicators (agreement with given statement) | Total (n = 4802) No. (%) | Region | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bogotá (n = 100) No. (%) | Antiguos Territorios Nacionales (n = 200) No. (%) | Antioquia (n = 735) No. (%) | Atlántico (n = 800) No. (%) | Boyacá-Cundinamarca (n = 605) No. (%) | Eje Cafetero (n = 360) No. (%) | Meta-Arauca-Casanare (n = 401) No. (%) | Pacífica (n = 601) No. (%) | Santanderes (n = 500) No. (%) | Tolima-Huila-Caquetá (n = 500) No. (%) | ||
Knowledge and attitudes | |||||||||||
I know what disease each vaccine prevents | 3077 (64.1) | 87 (87.0) | 103 (51.5) | 464 (63.1) | 679 (84.9) | 363 (60.0) | 249 (69.2) | 256 (63.8) | 358 (59.6) | 296 (59.2) | 222 (44.4) |
My parents did NOT become sick and they were never vaccinated? | 819 (17.1) | 24 (24.0) | 75 (37.5) | 83 (11.3) | 142 (17.8) | 83 (13.7) | 77 (21.4) | 34 (8.5) | 190 (31.6) | 54 (10.8) | 57 (11.4) |
People living in rural areas do not need vaccines◆ | 596 (12.4) | 15 (15.0) | 53 (26.5) | 65 (8.8) | 90 (11.3) | 69 (11.4) | 49 (13.6) | 29 (7.2) | 145 (24.1) | 53 (10.6) | 28 (5.6) |
Practices | |||||||||||
I have vaccination cards for all my children** | 4738 (98.7) | 99 (99.0) | 197 (98.5) | 726 (98.8) | 794 (99.3) | 601 (99.3) | 360 (100.0) | 400 (99.8) | 586 (97.5) | 493 (98.6) | 482 (96.4) |
I was NOT aware that my child was lacking one or more vaccines (n = 3344)✚ | 1610 (48.1) | 43 (62.3) | 89 (62.7) | 111 (21.6) | 232 (44.3) | 251 (56.9) | 128 (49.4) | 184 (66.4) | 275 (65.6) | 175 (49.4) | 122 (35.4) |
I need an appointment to vaccinate my child◆ | 2178 (45.4) | 19 (19.0) | 104 (52.0) | 431 (58.6) | 241 (30.1) | 235 (29.4) | 231 (64.2) | 143 (35.7) | 290 (48.3) | 248 (49.6) | 236 (47.2) |
I have once had to pay for a vaccine | 150 (3.1) | 3 (3.0) | 3 (1.5) | 69 (9.4) | 10 (1.3) | 18 (3.0) | 2 (0.6) | 8 (2.0) | 13 (2.2) | 14 (2.8) | 10 (2.0) |
I have forgotten at least one vaccination appointment | 1133 (23.6) | 31 (31.0) | 111 (55.5) | 102 (13.9) | 232 (29.0) | 182 (30.1) | 47 (13.1) | 39 (9.7) | 195 (32.4) | 100 (20.0) | 94 (18.8) |
Service Quality | |||||||||||
During my last visit to a health center, immunization services were “excellent” or “good” | 4137 (86.2) | 94 (94.0) | 169 (84.5) | 710 (96.6) | 633 (79.1) | 558 (92.2) | 327 (90.8) | 369 (92.0) | 437 (72.7) | 421 (84.2) | 419 (83.8) |
Healthcare workers tell me my child’s next vaccination appointment°° | 4415 (91.9) | 90 (90.0) | 187 (93.5) | 715 (97.3) | 725 (90.6) | 548 (90.6) | 354 (98.4) | 378 (94.3) | 531 (88.3) | 428 (85.6) | 459 (91.8) |
Healthcare workers tell me which vaccines/boosters my child has received°° | 3733 (77.7) | 88 (88.0) | 138 (69.0) | 635 (86.4) | 655 (81.9) | 511 (84.5) | 292 (81.1) | 304 (75.8) | 471 (78.4) | 338 (67.6) | 301 (60.2) |
Healthcare workers inform me of the risk of adverse events°° | 4283 (89.2) | 92 (92.0) | 160 (80.0) | 697 (94.8) | 712 (89.0) | 564 (93.2) | 343 (95.3) | 358 (89.3) | 517 (86.0) | 372 (74.4) | 468 (93.6) |
During my child’s last check-up, a physician reviewed my child’s vaccination card | 3807 (79.3) | 86 (86.0) | 152 (76.0) | 677 (92.1) | 686 (85.8) | 514 (85.0) | 317 (88.1) | 302 (75.3) | 369 (61.4) | 307 (61.4) | 397 (79.4) |
I had to present my child’s vaccination card as a prerequisite for her entry into preschool or kindergarten | 2930 (61.0) | 61 (61.0) | 89 (44.5) | 409 (55.6) | 630 (78.8) | 379 (62.6) | 240 (66.7) | 171 (42.6) | 330 (54.9) | 364 (72.8) | 257 (51.4) |