Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Fekadu Yadassa Tesso
Institute of Health, Jimma
Ethiopia
Research Article
Dropout Rate of Tetanus Toxoid Immunization and Associated Factors
among Reproductive Age Group of Women in Debrebirhan Town, Amhara
Region, Northern Ethiopia
Author(s): Kelem Desta Belihu, Fekadu Yadassa Tesso and Tigist Demeke WoldetsadikKelem Desta Belihu, Fekadu Yadassa Tesso and Tigist Demeke Woldetsadik
Background: Tetanus is a severe disease that kills one new born every eleven minutes or 134 babies each day. To prevent the infection of both mother and the newborn, tetanus toxoid immunization is given to pregnant women and women of child bearing age in Ethiopia. However, little data is available on the dropout of tetanus toxoid immunization among the reproductive age group of women in the study area.
Methods: with the objective of to assess the drop out of tetanus toxoid immunization and its associated factors among the reproductive age group of women in Debrebirhan Town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, a community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1 to 30, 2017 on systematically sampled 422 study subjects. The data was collected using interviewer administered pretested questionnaires and the collected data was entered into Epi.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000390