Effect of tailored information of vaccination schedule on vaccine uptake in northern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: A vaccination schedule is complex and dynamic that requires repetitive and timely clinic visits by children and their caretakers. This study investigates whether providing caregivers with one-time tailored information on the vaccination schedule improves the vaccine uptake among children.Methods: The study participants were 534 women each with a child age 8 months or less; they were from 11 settlements in Jada, a local government area in Adamawa state, Nigeria. The study was conducted on September 2019 to June 2020. Women were randomly selected to be assigned to a treatment group to be provided with one-time tailored information on their children's current vaccination status and the next schedule for vaccination, while women in the control group were provided wi

SUBMITTER: Sato R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437461 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature