Predicting factors of parents on seeking basic immunization program for their children among Hmong peoples in Por sub-district, Chiangrai province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to study the factors of demographic, basic vaccine knowledge, awareness of basic vaccine preventable diseases, cues to action, parents behavior on seeking basic immunization program for their children and predicting factors of parents on seeking basic immunization program for their children among Hmong people in Por sub-district, Chiangrai province. It is a descriptive research. The sample group was 292 parents, selected by multi-stage sampling technique. The data collected by the questionnaires which was developed from the review of documents, concepts, theories and related researches which were applied to create a questionnaire divided into 5 parts. That is demographic factors, basic immunization program knowledge factors, perception of vaccine preventable diseases factors, cues to action factors, and seeking basic immunization program for their children behaviors factors. The content validity of questionnaires was reviewed by 3 experts. The Item Objective Congruence (IOC) index was 0.67-1. The validity of basic vaccine knowledge was tested by Kuder-Richardson 20 at 0.82 and validity of awareness of basic vaccine preventable diseases, cues to action, parents behavior on seeking basic immunization program for their children were tested by Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient at 0.87. The statistical data for analysis included percentage, means, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis.

It was found that seeking basic immunization program for their children behaviors was at the middle level of 49.30 percent. As for the predicting factors of parents on seeking basic immunization program for their children, it was found that demographic (such as children’s informants at the 0.01 level of significance, and education level, distance from their house, seeking another service at the 0.001 level of significance) and cues to action at the 0.05 level of significance. These factors could together predict on seeking basic immunization program for their children of 18.10 percent.