Conocimientos y prácticas que tiene los padres de familia en la postvacunación en niños menores de 18 meses, UNE-Cuenca 2017

Abstract

Background: Vaccines are protein particles of the suspension of inactive living microorganisms, which when administered induce an immune response that prevents the disease against which it is directed. The most important actions to grow human beings is the application of vaccines in the first 6 months of life. Thus contributing to the welfare of the population by receiving a vaccine, the body produces a response that creates defenses against the agent that is applied, so when the child is exposed to the disease and his body has elements prepared because of the vaccine. Objective: Identify the knowledge and practices that parents have in post-vaccination in children under 18 months in the health center National Unit of Educators (UNE), Cuenca 2017.

Materials and Methods: A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. We worked with a finite universe of 90 parents who came with their children (as) to be immunized, was made during the months August to October 2017, as a technique was used to fill out surveys. Whose information was entered into the database of the statistical programs Microsoft Word, Excel and SPSS for their respective tabulation and analysis were exposed in frequency and percentage tables.

Results: With regard to the knowledge of the 90 parents, a young age of 37.8% is considered to be between 21 and 25 years old, 90% of the sex being women, and a high percentage of women in civil status, showing that 50% are married. Regarding knowledge, they consider that vaccines are important 98.9%; likewise, they easily identify that vaccines serve to prevent infectious diseases in 94.4%. Regarding practices, parents stated that the place where the child is vaccinated is in the health center with 93.3%.

Conclusions: Parents have a high percentage of knowledge and in terms of practices are good in the post-vaccination