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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Hail City, 2018

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Background:Immunization has shown major preventive aspects of infectious diseases, disability and death. Objectives: Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Saudi parents in Hail City regarding the immunization programs for children, Saudi Arabia (KSA), 2018. Methods: It is a cross sectional survey study that was carried out upon 420 parents that were randomly selected as the team focused on collection from public areas to get the appropriate knowledge level from the community for 3 months from May to the end of July, 2018. Parents and were asked to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 4 different parts about the demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice of parents toward immunization. Results: The included parents have shown a high level of awareness about vaccination regarding the preventive measures and importance of vaccination which resulted in positive attitudes and practice pattern among most of them. The overall KAP was good among most of parents. The higher KAP level wasn't significantly associated with gender, educational degree and number of children. Conclusion: Most of Saudi parents in Hail City had good KAP toward immunization which wasn't associated with gender and educational degrees. However, educational programs are still in need to increase the parents' knowledge and practice especially among illiterate and less educated parents living in rural areas.

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10.21608/ejhm.2018.14358

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Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP), Immunization, Vaccination, parents, children, KSA, 2018

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Tamam Murdi

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Alshammari

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University of Hail, Saudi Arabia

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itamam35@gmail.com

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Yazeed Saad R

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Alsubaie

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Majmma University, Saudi Arabia

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Someili, Suleman

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Ali

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Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Jordan

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Najla Mohammed

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Alajmi

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Almaarefa University for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Khalid Khalaf M

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Alanazi

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Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia

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Mohammed Abdulkareem

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Alamir

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Abdrab

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Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

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Zayed Ahmad Eisa

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Albenawi

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King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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Ahmed Mohammed

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Alsahli

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General practitioner, University Of Science &Technology in Sana'a, Yemen

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Noor Sayed Saleh Darwish

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Alsharkhat

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Jordan University of Science and Technology- Irbid, Jordan

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Abdulaziz Jazza

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Almejlad

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King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Mohammad Nasser

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Almatrafi

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Almotasem Bllah Ali

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Alhazmi

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73

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3

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2442

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2018-10-01

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2018-09-21

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2018-10-01

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6,377

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6,381

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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EJHM_Volume 73_Issue 3_Pages 6377-6381.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Parents about Immunization in Hail City, 2018

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22 Jan 2023