Percepção de gestantes quanto a imunização infantil

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to identify the perception of pregnant women in the municipality of a municipality in the north of Rio Grande do Sul regarding the importance and necessity of childhood vaccination, to understand the impact of the antiviral movement in the different social classes of pregnant women and to verify adherence to the antivacin movement and general knowledge regarding the vaccination calendar. Materials and methods: We studied pregnant women living in urban areas, who were given a socioeconomic and specific questionnaire by phone and home visit. The variables collected were: maternal age, whether or not they had a fixed companion, place of urban or rural origin, level of maternal schooling, having heard about the anti-virus movement, believing that vaccines cause autism, believing that vaccines can kill, believing that vaccines cause reactions have heard adverse reactions about the vaccination of children from nearby people, have received and intend to follow medical advice on vaccination. Results: From the initial 146 pregnant women registered in the municipality 110 system, they answered the questionnaire in an appropriate way to the study. Of these, 0.9% reported not intending to vaccinate the child they are expecting. 78.2% had heard of the antiviral movement and 39.5% said that this move could be preaching the truth for some vaccines. 92.8% of the pregnant women reported receiving instructions regarding the vaccination of the general practitioner or gynecologist and of these 88.2% intend to follow the instruction. Conclusion: Although it is still a movement with little adhesion in the municipality in question the knowledge about the existence of the antivacin movement is already relatively wide in this place. Therefore, measures should be taken to counteract the proposals of this group before they become a problem for local public health.