Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program

Nursing staff initiates the epidemiological research; certain weaknesses have been seen in the performance of actions aiming to control the Extended Immunization Program. The objective of this research was to determine the knowledge and practices of nursing staff regarding surveillance of vaccine-pr...

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Autores principales: Gómez, Wuilman, Dávila, Fanny, Torres, Marili
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Publicado: Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2014
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spelling I10-R360-article-69122025-04-03T12:07:46Z Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program Conocimientos y Practicas sobre la vigilancia epidemiológica del Programa Ampliado de Inmunizaciones Gómez, Wuilman Dávila, Fanny Torres, Marili epidemiological surveillance knowledge professional practice Venezuela vigilancia epidemiológica conocimiento práctica profesional Venezuela Nursing staff initiates the epidemiological research; certain weaknesses have been seen in the performance of actions aiming to control the Extended Immunization Program. The objective of this research was to determine the knowledge and practices of nursing staff regarding surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases such as rubella, measles and poliomyelitis.A descriptive transversal study was designed and a questionnaire validated by experts’ judgment was used after reliability was verified to interview 26 nurses who work at ambulatory centers in the municipality of Roscio.It was observed that 98% of the interviewed professionals knew of these vaccinepreventable diseases and 73% knew there were surveillance forms; however, only 8% could identify the adequate sample to investigate a suspicious case of poliomyelitis. Thus, we conclude that there are weaknesses in epidemiological surveillance since nurses do not report or take actions within the appropriate period of time because they ignore fundamental aspects of Surveillance. El personal de enfermería es quien inicia la investigación epidemiológica, evidenciándose ciertas debilidades en la ejecución de acciones tendientes al control del Programa Ampliado de Inmunizaciones. Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar los conocimientos y prácticas de los profesionales de enfermería sobre la vigilancia de enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles por vacunas como rubéolasarampión y poliomielitis.Se diseñó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal y con el uso de un cuestionario previamente validado por juicio de expertos y verificada la confiabilidad, se entrevistó a las 26 enfermeras que laboran en los ambulatorios del municipio Roscio. Se evidenció que 98% de los profesionales encuestados conocían las enfermedades prevenibles por vacunas y un 73% sabían la existencia de las fichas para la vigilancia, no obstante solo en un 8% identifico correctamente la muestra adecuadas para investigar un caso sospechoso de poliomielitis. De esta manera, se concluye la existencia de debilidades en la vigilancia epidemiológica ya que no notifican, ni realizan acciones en el tiempo adecuado por desconocimiento de aspectos fundamentales en la Vigilancia. Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2014-03-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6912 10.31052/1853.1180.v16.n1.6912 Revista de Salud Pública; Vol. 16 Núm. 1 (2012); 36-41 1852-9429 1853-1180 10.31052/1853.1180.v16.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6912/7984 Derechos de autor 1969 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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topic epidemiological surveillance
knowledge
professional practice
Venezuela
vigilancia epidemiológica
conocimiento
práctica profesional
Venezuela
spellingShingle epidemiological surveillance
knowledge
professional practice
Venezuela
vigilancia epidemiológica
conocimiento
práctica profesional
Venezuela
Gómez, Wuilman
Dávila, Fanny
Torres, Marili
Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
topic_facet epidemiological surveillance
knowledge
professional practice
Venezuela
vigilancia epidemiológica
conocimiento
práctica profesional
Venezuela
author Gómez, Wuilman
Dávila, Fanny
Torres, Marili
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Dávila, Fanny
Torres, Marili
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title Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
title_short Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
title_full Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
title_fullStr Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Practices Regarding Epidemiological Surveillance of the Extended Immunization Program
title_sort knowledge and practices regarding epidemiological surveillance of the extended immunization program
description Nursing staff initiates the epidemiological research; certain weaknesses have been seen in the performance of actions aiming to control the Extended Immunization Program. The objective of this research was to determine the knowledge and practices of nursing staff regarding surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases such as rubella, measles and poliomyelitis.A descriptive transversal study was designed and a questionnaire validated by experts’ judgment was used after reliability was verified to interview 26 nurses who work at ambulatory centers in the municipality of Roscio.It was observed that 98% of the interviewed professionals knew of these vaccinepreventable diseases and 73% knew there were surveillance forms; however, only 8% could identify the adequate sample to investigate a suspicious case of poliomyelitis. Thus, we conclude that there are weaknesses in epidemiological surveillance since nurses do not report or take actions within the appropriate period of time because they ignore fundamental aspects of Surveillance.
publisher Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
publishDate 2014
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6912
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