CAUSES OF THE DELAY OF THE IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE IN CHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OLD

Abstract

Introduction: Immunization is the process of making the human body immune to certain pathogen, and it aims to prevent childhood illness and/or to reduce to the maximum itsemergence.Objective: Analyzing the causes that lead to the non-compliance of the immunization schedule for children under two years old; identifying the education level of parents/guardians who do not meet the infant immunization schedule, checking their knowledge about the consequences resulting from the non-specific vaccination. Method: This is an exploratory descriptive-study of a qualitative and quantitative nature, combined with documental research and thematic content analysis.Results: In the documental phase were analyzed (n=84) books of childhood vaccination, of which (n=34) had delayed immunization, which is the number of samples for the semi-structured questionnaire. Most parents/guardians, 76.5% (n=26) studied up to primary level and received information about the vaccination. The higher prevalence of late vaccines was observed in children younger than 1 (one) year old, 64.7% (n = 22). The vaccine with a bigger delay was the Yellow Fever, with 15.51% (n=9). Conclusion: At the end of the study, we found that the main causes of childhood vaccination delay in children under two (2) years old are related to personal reasons of those who are responsible for the kids, and due the failure of the municipal health management, characterized by the lack of vaccine in the health unit, the most common answer cited by the participants