Vaccines of the basic scheme for the first year of life late in northeastern brazilian city
- Cavalcante, Conceição Ceanny Formiga Sinval
- Martins, Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e
- Araújo, Telma Maria Evangelista de
- Nunes, Benevina Maria Vilar Teixeira
- Moura, Maria Eliete Batista
- Neto, José Machado Moita
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO Journal
Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online Language
EnglishAbstract
Objective: To evaluate the achievement of the basic vaccination schedule for children in the first year of life assisted by teams of the Family Health Strategy in a northeastern Brazilian city. Method: Crosssectional descriptive study with proportional probability sample of 184 children. Vaccination cards were used as a source of information. Results: Vaccination 100% of the children were found to BCG alone (TB) and the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine Smaller proportions of vaccinated children were found to MMR (81,6%), vaccine rotavirus (82,3%) and pneumococcal vaccine (85.2%). Conclusion: Major delays in the completion of the vaccines were found for the yellow fever vaccine, MMR vaccine and rotavirus
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