Author(s)

Nguefack Dongmo Félicitée^1,2*, Tassadong Christiane³, Dongmo Roger⁴, Tatah Sandra¹, Fodoung Wamba Danny Stève⁵, Chiabi Andreas^1,2, Kago Innocent¹, Kobela Marie¹

¹Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
²Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³Higher Institute for Health Sciences, University of the Mountains, Bangangté, Cameroon.
⁴District Hospital of Efoulan, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁵Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bameda, Bambili, Cameroon.

Background: The job of mothers though having a positive impact on the family could be detrimental to children’s health due to her unavailability. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out from March to August 2014. Mothers of children aged 11 - 48 months were interviewed to determine factors which could influence the vaccination of their children. Results: A total of 265 mothers were interviewed. Despite their occupations, they completely vaccinated all of their children. The vaccination coverage of tracer antigens (third dose of DPT/HiB/HepB) was high 97.7% as well as the proportion of children completely vaccinated (91.7%). A mastery of the vaccination calendar of the site, and resumption of activities when the children were more than 4 months old, significantly influenced the completion of vaccination. Only 6 children (2.3%) were not correctly or incompletely vaccinated. The reason given by their mothers were: the lack of time (45.0%), the adverse effects of vaccines (27.0%), forgetfulness (18%), and shortage of vaccines supplies (5.0%). Conclusions: Occupation was not a hindrance to the vaccination of children of live-stock retailers. The problem of absent or incomplete vaccination could be overcome by improving the strategies of social mobilisation, permitting the sensitisation of mothers hesitant to vaccinate their children. A regular supply of vaccines will reduce the missed opportunities, thus maintaining high vaccination coverage in this social group.

Vaccination Coverage, Factors, Complete, Occupation, Mothers, Children

Félicitée, N. , Christiane, T. , Roger, D. , Sandra, T. , Stève, F. , Andreas, C. , Innocent, K. and Marie, K. (2016) Factors Influencing Routine Vaccination of Children of Mothers Live-Stock Retailers in the Markets of Yaoundé. World Journal of Vaccines, 6, 23-33. doi: 10.4236/wjv.2016.62004.