Abstract:
Background: Worldwide, immunization coverage is still low and two million deaths are
occurring annually from vaccine preventable illnesses. However, thorough assessments of
level of immunization coverage and associated factors are limited as a result public health
measures to improve uptake of vaccination services are currently lacking.
Objective: to assess full vaccination status and associated factors among under two years’
children in Basketo special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2023
Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted by using multistage
sampling technique, from February 30 to June 30/2023 in Basketo special Woreda. A
sample of 591 children under two years from randomly selected 9 kebeles. Data was
entered into Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25. Variables with p value
<0.25 on bi-variable analyses were selected as candidate variable for multivariable logistic
regression model. An adjusted odds ratio along with 95% CI was estimated to identify
factors associated with full vaccination status by using multivariable logistic regression
analysis. Level of statistical significance was declared at p value < 0.05.
Result: The overall of full vaccination status was 48.5% (95% CI: 44.5%-53%).
Mothers/caregivers age; 25-29 (AOR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.03-2.6), 30-34 (AOR: 2.6, 95% CI:
1.6-4.4) and 35 & above (AOR: 2.7, 95% CI: 1.5-4.8), Maternal education; can read &
write (AOR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.03-2.4), Primary (AOR: 3.7, 95% CI: 1.9-7.03) and secondary
education, (AOR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.14-4.7), time taken to reach the nearest health facility by
foot less than 15 minute (AOR: 5.9, 95% CI: 2.1-16.6), ANC follow up (AOR: 1.9, 95%
CI: 1.13-3.14) and health facility delivery (AOR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.8-4.2) were factors
associated with full vaccination.
