Causas asociadas al incumplimiento del esquema de inmunización en niños menores de dos años de edad.

Abstract

Immunization is a health intervention effective for the Primary Health Care level in relation to the cost-benefit. It is defined as a strategy to promote activities to reach the fourth Millennium Development Goal is to reduce the mortality rate among children under five years of age. The general objective is to determine the causes associated with non-compliance with the immunization scheme in children under two years of age, establishing the relationship that exists between the demographic, socio-economic partner factors and the familiar caregiver's knowledge about compliance with the immunization scheme. The study is descriptive, quantitative, observational type. The population consisted of 40 relatives of children under two years of age who had the delayed or incomplete vaccination scheme belonging to the "Barrio Lindo" community of the Health Center of the same name. For data collection, we will visit the houses that are located in sectors 1, 2, 4 located on the shores of Estero Salado and that has 23 apples in total. A previously elaborated survey was applied. For the analysis, the data will be entered into a database using the Microsoft Excel program; the variables will be processed in percentages and the respective tabulation of the questions will be carried out. The results of this study showed that the demographic, economic factors are associated with the level of knowledge about immunization, therefore it is concluded that they are the main causes of noncompliance with the immunization scheme.