A Motsepe, M A Thulo, M A Mochifefe
The effects of school career guidance on career choices of radiography undergraduate students at a University in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences
periodic evaluation knowledge attitudes practices kap healthcare workers including vaccinators concerning expanded programs immunization epi crucial better healthcare system study carried assess kap vaccinators epi including cold storage vaccines practices related vaccine cold chain management crosssectional study conducted january 2022 june 2022 among registered vaccinators twin cities islamabad rawalpindi pakistan structured selfadministered questionnaire english urdu developed per pakistan national epi policy strategic guidelines 2022 world health organization guidelines well earlier studies cronbachs alpha value 0734 final questionnaire consisted closedended questions four sections including sociodemographic information knowledge dichotomous variables yesno attitudes 5point likert scale ranging strongly agree strongly disagree handling vaccines cold chain management completed questionnaires entered microsoft excel imported spss version 25 statistical analysis total 186 vaccinators completely filled questionnaires 979 response rate half participants 575 training related epi respondents moderate poor level knowledge regarding epi overall attitude positive 57 participants strongly agreed national immunization programs significantly contribute decrease morbidity mortality rates among children current study participants showed good practices toward epi vaccine storage cold chain management majority 935 participants checked expiry vaccines regular intervals maintain first expiry first fefo healthcare setting conclusion vaccinators moderate poor knowledge positive attitude good practices toward epi vaccine cold storage cold chain management lack training among vaccinators epi also observed findings suggested continuous training education regular supervision vaccinators epi important maximum immunization effectiveness coverage