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Hello everyone, my name is Dulijita, and today I’ll talk about my assessment of childhood immunization. Immunizations come amongst the most effective initiatives that are undertaken for prevention of diseases. Childhood immunization is an important program for promoting health in young infants and children by preventing them from multiple diseases. Childhood vaccinations play a vital role in healthy growth and survival of the children (Hussain et al., 2021). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines are important in preventing life-threatening infectious diseases such as measles, cholera, chicken pox, whooping cough etc. and also boost the immune system of children. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). In one study, it was shown that by using vaccines, the death rate declined to 24% in children under 5 years of age from 2010 to 2017 (Desalew et al., 2020).
While this extraordinary strategy can be employed to reduce childhood death due to infectious diseases and enhance the growth and survival of children in a healthy manner, there are still some barriers that are present in our society that hinders this activity in young infants and children. Some of these barriers are related to the parents’ perception of immunization and other factors such as gender, beliefs, and cultural factors. Others are related to healthcare system barriers to immunization in some cases. Amongst the parental or caretaker’ barriers, the top most common barrier is the lack of knowledge of immunizations in parents/caretakers which leads to either no immunization in newborns and children or incomplete vaccination (Kyprianidou et al., 2021) .
Some parents/caretakers consider traditional medicines more superior to the vaccines and which is why they neglect childhood immunization. Lack of trust towards vaccines is another obstacle for not practicing the immunization process in children. Besides these barriers, there are barriers that can not be modified such as lack of finances to support the cost of immunization plan, place of residence of mother or caretaker being far from the hospital with immunization setup and males being in charge of decision for childhood vaccination and their illiteracy. Sociocultural factors such as practicing traditional medicines such as use of honey for a newborn has been practiced in many cultures and religions. Hospital barriers to immunization program and practice includes non-functional cold chain, limited supply and distribution of vaccines, human resource constraint. (Banguara et al., 2020).
The Plan based on Specific, Identified Health Needs and Goals
I had an educational session with a mothers of infants and the questioner was the crucial segment of our interaction. The mothers of the child were not knowledgeable and we had educational session and talked about the need for immunization and how the child’s body requires to be immunized to remain disease-free most of its life, I educated her on the fact that every year 2-3 million children’s lives are saved by vaccination (Nandi & Shet, 2020).
Without childhood immunization, children are at risk of acquiring continuous infections that recur in their early childhood and ultimately result in poor growth that can further affect adult health, cognitive abilities, and economic progress. Our health promotion goal was to ensure an adequate healthy diet and nutrition, health interventions like routine immunizations to lessen infectious disease incidents in the early years of childhood, and other factors that ultimately lead to breaking the generational cycle of destituteness, an unhealthy life, poor finances, and unsustainable development goals. (Decouttere et al., 2021).
Educational Outcomes and the Attainment of Agreed-Upon Health Goals
We created educational billboards, booklets and pamphlets about childhood immunization and the health concerns related to it and acquired hospital consent to spread them for raising awareness. We appear to have gained all of the conditions for this outcome. Factors that can promote parents’ adherence to childhood immunization include parents’ perception of children’s vulnerability towards deadly infectious diseases, perceived barriers, and self-efficiency (Hobani & Alhalal, 2022). In collaboration with the healthcare professionals associated with the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), we can promote the education of these factors to advance childhood immunization in ">
NURS4060 Practicing in the Community to Improve Population Health
Prof. Name
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Hello everyone, my name is Dulijita, and today I’ll talk about my assessment of childhood immunization. Immunizations come amongst the most effective initiatives that are undertaken for prevention of diseases. Childhood immunization is an important program for promoting health in young infants and children by preventing them from multiple diseases. Childhood vaccinations play a vital role in healthy growth and survival of the children (Hussain et al., 2021). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines are important in preventing life-threatening infectious diseases such as measles, cholera, chicken pox, whooping cough etc. and also boost the immune system of children. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). In one study, it was shown that by using vaccines, the death rate declined to 24% in children under 5 years of age from 2010 to 2017 (Desalew et al., 2020).
While this extraordinary strategy can be employed to reduce childhood death due to infectious diseases and enhance the growth and survival of children in a healthy manner, there are still some barriers that are present in our society that hinders this activity in young infants and children. Some of these barriers are related to the parents’ perception of immunization and other factors such as gender, beliefs, and cultural factors. Others are related to healthcare system barriers to immunization in some cases. Amongst the parental or caretaker’ barriers, the top most common barrier is the lack of knowledge of immunizations in parents/caretakers which leads to either no immunization in newborns and children or incomplete vaccination (Kyprianidou et al., 2021) .
Some parents/caretakers consider traditional medicines more superior to the vaccines and which is why they neglect childhood immunization. Lack of trust towards vaccines is another obstacle for not practicing the immunization process in children. Besides these barriers, there are barriers that can not be modified such as lack of finances to support the cost of immunization plan, place of residence of mother or caretaker being far from the hospital with immunization setup and males being in charge of decision for childhood vaccination and their illiteracy. Sociocultural factors such as practicing traditional medicines such as use of honey for a newborn has been practiced in many cultures and religions. Hospital barriers to immunization program and practice includes non-functional cold chain, limited supply and distribution of vaccines, human resource constraint. (Banguara et al., 2020).
The Plan based on Specific, Identified Health Needs and Goals
I had an educational session with a mothers of infants and the questioner was the crucial segment of our interaction. The mothers of the child were not knowledgeable and we had educational session and talked about the need for immunization and how the child’s body requires to be immunized to remain disease-free most of its life, I educated her on the fact that every year 2-3 million children’s lives are saved by vaccination (Nandi & Shet, 2020).
Without childhood immunization, children are at risk of acquiring continuous infections that recur in their early childhood and ultimately result in poor growth that can further affect adult health, cognitive abilities, and economic progress. Our health promotion goal was to ensure an adequate healthy diet and nutrition, health interventions like routine immunizations to lessen infectious disease incidents in the early years of childhood, and other factors that ultimately lead to breaking the generational cycle of destituteness, an unhealthy life, poor finances, and unsustainable development goals. (Decouttere et al., 2021).
Educational Outcomes and the Attainment of Agreed-Upon Health Goals
We created educational billboards, booklets and pamphlets about childhood immunization and the health concerns related to it and acquired hospital consent to spread them for raising awareness. We appear to have gained all of the conditions for this outcome. Factors that can promote parents’ adherence to childhood immunization include parents’ perception of children’s vulnerability towards deadly infectious diseases, perceived barriers, and self-efficiency (Hobani & Alhalal, 2022). In collaboration with the healthcare professionals associated with the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), we can promote the education of these factors to advance childhood immunization in
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