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Conhecimento, atitude e prática dos vacinadores sobre vacinação infantil em Teresina-PI, 2015*

2017; MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5123/s1679-49742017000100014

ISSN

2237-9622

Autores

Clara Ananda Pimentel de Sousa Santos, Rosana dos Santos Costa, Jéssica Loureiro Mendes Silva, Maria dos Remédios Farias dos Santos, Bruna Lays Ferreira Gomes,

Tópico(s)

Science and Education Research

Resumo

Objective: to describe the knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators toward childhood vaccination.Methods: this is a descriptive census study, conducted in 2015 with vaccinators from vaccination rooms of the urban area of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil; data were collected through a questionnaire.Results: 70 vaccinators were interviewed; most answers related to knowledge and attitude of the vaccinators toward childhood vaccination were considered inadequate (n=58 and n=39, respectively); with regard to practice, there were 43 adequate answers; there was no statistically significant association between the variable knowledge and the variables attitude and practice.Conclusion: a high number of inadequate answers related to knowledge and attitude and of adequate answers concerning practice were observed.

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