Determinants of timeliness in early childhood vaccination among mothers with vaccination cards in Sindh province, Pakistan: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Untimely vaccination refers to receiving the given dose before (early) or after (delayed) the recommended time window. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of timeliness of childhood vaccinations and examine the determinants of vaccination timeliness in Sindh province, Pakistan.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2013 and 2014 Maternal and Child Health Program Indicator Surveys.

Setting

Community-based maternal and child health surveys.

Participants

Among 10 200 respondents of Maternal and Child Health Program Indicator Surveys, 1143 women who had a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey were included.

Outcomes

At the participants' home, an interviewer asked mothers to show their children's vaccination cards,

SUBMITTER: Noh JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756351 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature