Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh 1
- Manijeh Khalili 2
- Fatemeh Pakdaman 3
- Mostafa Peyvand 3
- Faezeh Mirani Bahabadii 4
1 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2 Children & Adolescent Health Research Center, Resistant Tuberculosis Institute, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3 Student research committee, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
4 Student Research Committee, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Abstract
Background: The assessment of health indicators in each country provides an overview of the mother’s condition, children’s health care, and survival of children and infants. Research has shown that many mothers do not pay sufficient attention to the registered care information on the vaccination card. Attracting mothers’ attention toward the importance of the care card's objectives, such as vaccination, may lead to healthier children in the future. In this regard, knowing mothers’ opinions effectively identifies obstacles and resolves existing problems. The current study reports mothers’ self-explained experiences on the importance of childcare cards.
Methods: This qualitatively study on 41 mothers in 2022. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview guide. Once the university’s ethics committee approved the study plan, the researchers visited the selected hospitals and interviewed mothers. All interviews were recorded and implemented daily on paper. Finally, coding was done using the content analysis method.
Results: After summarizing and coding the issues posed by the participants, four main themes (i.e., lack of knowledge, bad card storage conditions, lack of importance of the health staff, and registration of all the information in the SIB system) and 10 Secondary themes related to the importance of the vaccine card by mothers and a main code of suggestions were extracted.
Conclusion: with education of parents and general public. people's awareness about child care increases. Therefore, it is necessary for the personnel of health centers and health liaisons to participate in health education refresher courses
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