Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors in influencing for tetanus toxoid vaccination among married
women of reproductive age group (18-49) of Ghotki Sindh.
METHODOLOGY: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in UC Kamu-Shaheed, district Ghotki
from May 2017 to October 2017. Total sample of reproductive age group women 18-49 years were 323
which was taken though systematic random sampling with confidence interval 0.5%. Results were taken
by computing frequencies and association were analyzed through chi-squire.
RESULTS: Two hundred and one (62.2%) women and seventy one (22%) men (husbands of women) were
illiterate. Seventy one (22%) respondents had no knowledge about Tetanus Toxoid vaccine, 292 (90.4%)
respondents have received one or more doses of Tetanus toxoid vaccine. 293 (90.7%) respondents
expressed that they had LHWs in their areas and 30 (9.3%) denied. 190 (58.8%) respondents expressed
fear from injections. 43(13%) women were completely immunized (received all five doses of Tetanus
toxoid), 31 (9.6%) women did not receive any Tetanus toxoid vaccination (zero dose). Variables like
distance from home to health facility, education of women, fear of injection, and awareness regarding
vaccine were significantly influencing Tetanus toxoid vaccination. Absence of vaccinator, absence of
LHWs in the area and absence of female staff at the health facility were among top three influencing
factors which scoring of 55%, 43.3%, and 39.3% respectively.
CONCLUSION: Lack of education, transport, access to health care facility, availability of practitioners,
knowledge of tetanus and vaccination schedule, availability of vaccines are the factors affecting the
introduction of tetanus toxoid in the body of pregnant women.
Abdul Wahab Somoro, Muhammad Ibrahim Ansari, Ghulam Parwar Soomro, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Siddique Ansari, Kaleemullah Abro. (2019) Tetanus-Toxoid Vaccination among Married Women of Reproductive Age (18-49) and its Association with Socio-demographic in Union Council Kamu Shaheed District Ghotki Sindh, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-18, Issue-4.
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