Submission
| Title: | Content Variability in Vaccine Education Clinic Messaging in Nigeria |
| Presenter: | Osayame Ekhaguere |
| Institution: | Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Authors: | 1. Rosena O. Oluwafemi MBChB, MPH: Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria 2. Eneida A. Mendonca, MD, PhD: University of Cincinnati 3. Paul Biondich MD, MS: Indiana University School of Medicine |
Abstract
| Background/Significance/Rationale: | In Nigeria, vaccine clinics are the primary location parents receive vaccine health education (vaccine talk). The current delivery format is for a health worker to deliver an unscripted vaccine talk to an assembly of parents. There is limited data on the content of the vaccine talk to inform interventions to improve vaccine communication. In this study we evaluated content of the vaccine talk within providers. | ||||||
| Methods: | A prospective observational study conducted in a routine vaccine clinic representing a semi-urban setting located in government-run hospital in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Two routine vaccine talks delivered by the same nurse to clients was audio recorded at least one week apart and transcribed. We performed content analysis on the vaccine talks based on these minimal standards pertaining to vaccines: name, benefit, administrative site, common expected side effect and management, next appointment, need for vaccines even when sick, and importance of keeping the vaccine records. | ||||||
| Results/Findings: |
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| Conclusions/Discussion: | Parents receive incomplete vaccine health education information during clinic visit and within provider variation exist. | ||||||
| Translational/Human Health Impact: | Innovative ways to standardize the vaccine talk is required. |
