Cumplimiento del esquema de vacuna pentavalente en niños menores de 1 año que acuden al Centro de Salud Fortín, perteneciente a la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Compliance with the pentavalent vaccination scheme in children under 1 year of age is of vital importance to prevent diseases, where the presence of a group of children under one year of age who have not completed the required vaccination program can be identified. Objective: To determine compliance with the pentavalent vaccine scheme in children under 1 year of age who attend the Fortin Health Center, in the city of Guayaquil. Design: descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional, prospective. Population and sample: 100 mothers of children under 1 year of age cared for at the Fortin Health Center. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Questionnaire, based on the "National Vaccination Scheme-Ecuador 2019". Results: Of the total number of mothers surveyed, they were 36 years of age or older (28%), with secondary education (40%), from rural areas (84%), married (52%), of low socioeconomic level (52%) and housewives (44%). Regarding the application intervals, they do not comply with the first (80%) and second doses (28%). Among the factors, they are unaware of the importance of the vaccines (80%) and the benefits of the vaccines (88%), they do not take the minor to medical check-ups (80%), they affirm that if they receive information about the effects of non-compliance (92%), they indicate as an impediment to not complying with the scheme, the monetary factor (80%) and forgetting the dates (52%). Conclusion: Compliance with the pentavalent vaccine scheme in children under 1 year of age who attend the Fortin Health Center is worryingly low, since few children have received the first and second doses.