Qualitative assessment of caregiver experiences when navigating childhood immunisation in urban communities in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To gain in-depth understanding of the caregiver experience when navigating urban immunisation services for their children.

Design

An exploratory qualitative assessment comprising 16 in-depth interviews using an interpretative phenomenology approach.

Setting

Caregivers were purposively recruited from slums (n=8) and other urban communities (n=8) in the capital city of Sierra Leone.

Participants

Caregivers of children ages 6-36 months old who were fully vaccinated (n=8) or undervaccinated (n=8).

Results

Emotional enablers of vaccination were evident in caregivers' sense of parental obligation to their children while also anticipating reciprocal benefits in children's ability to take care of their parents later in life. Practical enablers were fou

SUBMITTER: Jalloh MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature