RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BASIC IMMUNIZATION AND THE COMPLETENESS OF BASIC IMMUNIZATION IN CHILDREN IN WEST KALIMANTAN

Abstract

Background: In realizing the health of mothers and children in Indonesia, immunization is a public health effort that has proven to be the most cost-effective. Immunization can prevent and reduce the incidence of illness, disability, and death due to Immunization-Preventable Diseases (PD3I). One of the factors that can affect the completeness of immunization is the mother's knowledge of basic immunization. A child's basic immunization is declared complete if they have received one dose of HB-0, one dose of BCG, three doses of DPT-HB-HiB, four doses of polio drops, one dose of polio injection and 1 dose of Measles Rubella. This study aims to determine correlation mother’s knowledge about immunization base to completeness immunization base in children at Posyandu Kasih Ibu, Kenyabur Village West Kalimantan.

Methods: This research use cross sectional design. Population in this study are mothers who have children aged 10-24 months at the Posyandu Kasih Ibu Kenyabur Village. The research sample was 32 samples with the total sampling method. Data collection using questionnaires and KIA book. Bivariate analysis using Chi-square test.

Results: The majority of mothers' knowledge about basic immunization has sufficient knowledge, namely 18 respondents (56.3%), while the completeness of basic immunization is 19 respondents (59.4%) who have incomplete immunization status. The Chi-square test show that the p-value was (0.027) <α (0.05).

Conclusion: There is a correlation between maternal knowledge about basic immunization and the completeness of basic immunization in children at the Posyandu Kasih Ibu, West Kalimantan.