Equity and utilization of preventive health care service. the case of immunization comletion among children 12-23 months in Kagera region Tanzania.

Semali, Innocent A.

Equity and utilization of preventive health care service. the case of immunization comletion among children 12-23 months in Kagera region Tanzania.

dc.contributor.author	Semali, Innocent A.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-20T10:21:27Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-20T10:21:27Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Objective: The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with completion of immunization as an input in to strategies to raise the immunization coverage in Tanzania. Methods: This study used a panel data collected over four survey rounds at a minimum of six months apart to determine the causes of failure to complete immunization in Tanzania. The data were collected during between 1991 and 1994 in Kagera region Tanzania among children 12-23 months old. Data analysis was done using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) version 9.1. Pooled logistic regression was used to determine the likelihood odds ratio of completing immunization. Results: The study observed 550 children contributing 1541 children observation rounds across all panels. Immunization coverage was 87.7 percent and factors that significantly (p<0.05) increasing completion of immunization were having more than three under five children, high mother's education, being urban, road passable through out the year and high economic status. If head of household was a female compared to male it significantly reduced the odds of completing immunization. Conclusions: Strategies to improve immunization coverage have to give priority to households headed by a female, poor and those with poor access to health care. Copyright of East African Journal of Public Health is the property of East African Public Health Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. For access to this entire article and additional high quality information, please check with your college/university library, local public library, or affiliated institution.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Semali, I.A., 2009. Equity and utilization of preventive health care services. The case of immunization completion among children 12-23 months in Kagera region Tanzania. East African journal of public health, 6(1).	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	DOI: 10.4314/eajph.v6i1.45733
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/544
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	East African journal of public health	en_US
dc.subject	Health care services	en_US
dc.subject	Immunization	en_US
dc.subject	Children	en_US
dc.title	Equity and utilization of preventive health care service. the case of immunization comletion among children 12-23 months in Kagera region Tanzania.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US