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. 2017 Dec 24;2017:7976587. doi: 10.1155/2017/7976587

Table 3.

Respondents knowledge on vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases at Mizan Aman town, Bench Maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable Category Frequency Percent (%)
Heard about vaccination and vaccine preventable disease Yes 223 69.3
No 99 30.7

Source of information Friend 21 6.5
Television 79 24.5
Radio 104 32.3
School 37 11.5
Health worker 80 24.8
Other 1 0.3

Objectives of vaccination To prevent disease 212 65.8
For healthy child 6 1.9
It has no benefit 17 5.3
Do not know 87 27.0

Number of vaccine-preventable diseases known Know one 19 5.9
Know two 56 17.4
Know three 89 27.6
Know four 68 21.1
Know five 1 0.3
I do not know 89 27.7

The age at which child start routine EPI service Just after birth 17 5.3
6 weeks after 200 62.1
Any time 102 31.7
After one year 1 0.3
Do not know 2 0.6

Number of sessions required to complete routine EPI services One 11 3.4
Two 87 27.0
Three 45 14.0
Four 178 55.3

The age at which child completes routine EPI services 6–8 month 45 14.0
9 month 276 85.7