Factors associated with incomplete childhood immunization in Arbegona district, southern Ethiopia: a case--control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevention of child mortality through immunization is one of the most cost-effective and widely applied public health interventions. In Ethiopia, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) schedule is rarely completed as planned and the full immunization rate is only 24%. The objective of this study was to identify determinant factors of incomplete childhood immunization in Arbegona district, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A community based unmatched case-control study was undertaken among randomly selected children aged 12 to 23 months and with a total sample size of 548 (183 cases and 365 controls). A multi-stage sampling technique was used to get representative cases and controls. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed usi

SUBMITTER: Negussie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711011 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature