Table 3.
Characteristics, attitudes and practices of caregivers participating in pre- and post-IPV introduction surveys in three regions in the Philippines, 2015–2016.
| Pre-introduction, n (%) |
Post-introduction, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Region 3a | Region 6a | Region 3a | Region 6a | Region 10a |
| n = 140 from 29 PHCs | n = 146 from 29 PHCs | n = 157 from 30 PHCs | n = 151 from 30 PHCs | n = 157 from 30 PHCs | |
| Mean number of caregivers surveyed per PHC | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Relationship of caregiver to child | |||||
| Mother | 119 (85) | 113 (77) | 129 (82) | 126 (83) | 146 (93) |
| Father | 5 (4) | 17 (12) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 4 (3) |
| Grandmother | 9 (6) | 8 (6) | 15 (10) | 10 (7) | 4 (3) |
| Aunt | 5 (4) | 5 (3) | 11 (7) | 8 (5) | 3 (2) |
| Other | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 |
| Total number of children in child’s household | |||||
| 1–2 | 68 (49) | 92 (63) | 88 (56) | 94 (62) | 82 (52) |
| 3–4 | 48 (35) | 41 (28) | 55 (35) | 43 (28) | 47 (30) |
| 5 or more | 23 (16) | 13 (9) | 14 (9) | 14 (9) | 28 (18) |
| Education level of caregiver | |||||
| Grade 6 or less | 10 (7) | 17 (12) | 15 (10) | 9 (6) | 11 (7) |
| Some high school | 21 (15) | 21 (14) | 27 (17) | 19 (13) | 33 (21) |
| High school graduate | 57 (41) | 50 (34) | 69 (44) | 55 (36) | 44 (28) |
| Some college/technical course | 31 (22) | 30 (21) | 28 (18) | 33 (22) | 38 (24) |
| College graduate | 21 (15) | 28 (19) | 18 (11) | 35 (23) | 31 (20) |
| Age of caregiver in years, median (IQR) | 26 (22 – 32) | 28 (23 – 33) | 28 (23 – 34) | 28 (24 – 33) | 26 (23 – 32) |
| Maximum number of injections caregiver is comfortable with their child receiving at one vaccination visit | |||||
| 1 | 22 (16) | 52 (36) | 8 (5) | 8 (5) | 19 (12) |
| 2 | 36 (26) | 56 (38) | 32 (20) | 40 (26) | 58 (37) |
| 3 | 17 (12) | 12 (8) | 51 (32) | 47 (31) | 30 (19) |
| 4 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) |
| 5 | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 (2) | 2 (1) |
| Comfortable with any number or whatever number recommended by the HCP | 62 (44) | 22 (15) | 65 (41) | 53 (35) | 46 (29) |
| Caregivers that ‘agree’ with the following statements: | |||||
| The vaccinator can be trusted concerning how many vaccines your child needs to receive in a single visit | 136 (97) | 139 (95) | 154 (98) | 150 (99) | 152 (97) |
| Following the vaccination schedule is good for your children | 138 (99) | 145 (99) | 157 (100) | 151 (100) | 157 (100) |
| It is better for a child to receive more injectable vaccines at a single visit if it means that they will be better protected against diseases | 83 (59) | 74 (51) | 124 (79) | 128 (85) | 131 (83) |
| There will be fewer side effects if a child receives one injectable vaccinations in each of two or three separate visits rather than two or three injections in a single visit | 58 (41) | 80 (55) | 52 (33) | 60 (40) | 97 (62) |
| Instead of visiting the clinic on 3 occasions to provide your child with 1 injection at each visit, you would prefer to visit the clinic only once so that your child receives all 3 vaccine injections at one visit | 77 (55) | 60 (41) | 107 (68) | 117 (77) | 97 (62) |
| You are more concerned about your child having pain and discomfort from vaccinations spread out over multiple visits than about pain and discomfort from vaccinations given all at once during a single visit | 71 (51) | 103 (71) | 96 (61) | 99 (66) | 126 (80) |
| Vaccines will not work as well if many are injected at a single visit | 30 (21) | 40 (27) | 26 (17) | 23 (15) | 44 (28) |
PHC = Primary Health Center; IQR = inter-quartile range.
a
The Philippines is divided into 17 administrative regions.