Factors Associated with the Completeness of Complete Basic Immunization for two-Year-Old Infants at Tiom Public Health Center, Lanny Jaya Regency

Abstract

Background: Immunization is a form of health intervention that is very effective in reducing infant and under-five mortality. The working area of ??the Tiom Health Center in Lanny Jaya Regency has the lowest basic immunization coverage of the 10 Public Health Center in the Lanny Jaya Regency area. Research Objectives: To determine the relationship between mother's education level, mother's occupation, affordability to immunization services, activeness of officers in immunization services, mother's knowledge, and family support with basic immunization completeness for children under two years old. Methods: This research is quantitative with a cross-sectional study approach. The population in this study were mothers who have children who have reached the age of 2 years in the working area of ??the Tiom Health Center, with a large research sample of 72 respondents by purposive sampling. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Results: From the results of the study, it was found that the variables that were not related to the completeness of basic immunization were the mother's level of education (p-value = 0.420), mother's occupation (p-value = 0.713), affordability of access to immunization services (p-value 0.494), activeness of officers immunization (p-value = 0.357), and support for family members (p-value = 0.110) with the completeness of basic immunization.Meanwhile, the variable related to the completeness of immunization for children under two years old is the mother's level of knowledge with a value (p-value = 0.007).Suggestion: Based on the results of the study, the researcher proposes to the head of the Public Health Center that every time they provide services inside the building and outside the building to always provide counseling to the general public and more specifically mothers who have infants under five about the importance of health services in this case basic immunization services and carry out basic immunization services, monitoring of the completeness of immunization, while for mothers who have babies should take the time to immunize their children.