Rural-urban inequities in childhood immunisation in Nigeria: The role of community contexts

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Rural-urban inequities in childhood immunisation in Nigeria: The role of community contexts —
 
Creator Antai, Diddy
 
Subject Rural medicine, primary health care Childhood vaccinations; communities; immunisation; multilevel regression analysis; Nigeria; rural-urban — —
Description Context: Childhood vaccinations are one of the most cost-effective means of reducing negative child health outcomes. Despite the benefits of immunisation, inequities persist both between and within rural-urban areas in Nigeria. Objectives: To assess the role of community contexts on rural-urban inequities in full immunisation uptake amongst children 12 months of age and older.Methods: Data from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey including 6029 live born children from 3725 women aged 15–49 years were examined using multilevel regression analysis.Results: Rural children were disadvantaged both in the proportion receiving full immunisation and individual vaccines. Contextual or community-level factors such as community prenatal care by doctor, community hospital delivery, and region of residence accounted for significant rural-urban inequities in full immunisation.Conclusion: This study stresses the need for community-level interventions aimed at closing rural-urban inequities in the provision of maternal and child health care services. —
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor The Angels Trust, Stockholm, Sweden —
Date 2011-09-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Multilevel modelling —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.238
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 3, No 1 (2011); 8 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa 2003 — — — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Diddy Antai https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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