[Assessment of vaccination status and booster vaccinations in adolescents attending school in Libreville, Gabon].
Evaluation du statut vaccinal et des rappels vaccinaux chez les adolescents scolarisés à Libreville, au Gabon.
Adolescent
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Gabon
Humans
Immunization Programs
Immunization, Secondary
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Parents
Schools
Students
/ statistics & numerical data
Vaccination
/ statistics & numerical data
Vaccination Coverage
/ statistics & numerical data
Vaccines
/ administration & dosage
Adolescent
Expanded Program of Immunization
Gabon
educational system
immunization schedule
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
08
08
2019
accepted:
02
01
2020
entrez:
16
6
2020
pubmed:
17
6
2020
medline:
29
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Vaccination is targeted to selected adolescents and their vaccination status is little known. The purpose of this study is to assess the vaccination status and to identify factors associated with vaccination compliance in adolescents attending school in Libreville. A cross sectional observational descriptive survey was conducted among students attending grades 6 at the Leon Mba high school in Libreville. In total, 304 students were included in the study. The average age of students was 11.60±1.20 years and sex ratio was 0.6. Two hundred and sixty-six children (87.5%) lived with their parent (father and/or mother). The average number of children per family was 4. Immunization coverage rate was 78.3%. The number of children per family was not associated with vaccine coverage of Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) vaccines (p=0.088) while children living with at least one of their parents had a better immunization coverage for EPI vaccines (p=0.025) and vaccines outside EPI (p=0.035) respectively. Factors reported by parents to explain reasons for non-vaccination were the lack of information (30.59%), forgetfulness (24.67%) and the lack of financial resources (12.82%). Vaccination coverage for adolescents attending school in Libreville appears to be relatively close to the goals of EPI, but it is still associated with family situation. Other awareness campaigns would be useful to improve vaccination coverage in Gabon.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32537077
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.74.20024
pii: PAMJ-35-74
pmc: PMC7250231
doi:
Substances chimiques
Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
fre
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
74Informations de copyright
© Ulrick Bisvigou et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d'intérêts.
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