Surveillance of childhood vaccinepreventable diseases at health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2009; 15 (3): 532-543
in English
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ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study was conducted at 33 randomly selected health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to assess health facilities' performance and health workers' knowledge of surveillance activities for childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. The WHO surveillance assessment questionnaire and a specially designed knowledge questionnaire were used. There were deficiencies in some surveillance items. The percentages of health facilities that had the surveillance manual and correctly filled clinical registers were 57.6% and 60.6% respectively. In the 6 months preceding the study, 36.4% of facilities lacked the appropriate surveillance forms while only 18.2% had received supervision reviews. Only one-quarter of health workers had a satisfactory knowledge score
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Health Education
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Immunization
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Prevalence study
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Screening study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2009
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