Department of Community Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Department of Sociology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 2020 Nov;37(6):650-655.
Immunisation coverage remains sub-optimal, especially in rural hard-to-reach communities in Nigeria. Nigeria's immunisation program suffered set-backs in recent years due to socio-cultural, religious and health system barriers. Grassroots Civil Society Organisations could play a role in addressing some of these barriers with resultant increase in demand for and uptake of immunisation services. The objective of this study was to carry out strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis of grassroots civil society organisations regarding engagement for increasing demand for and uptake of immunisation services.
SUBJECTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a qualitative study. A pre-tested SWOT analysis template was used to collect data from 26 grassroots CSOs in Odukpani local government area (LGA) of Cross River State of Nigeria. The data were manually entered into a matrix made up of four quadrants. The results were presented as tables of frequencies and percentages.
The CSOs have the numerical strength to carry out immunisation advocacy, communication and social mobilization. There is pool of non-CSO community members who are willing to volunteer. However, some of the CSOs are not good in record keeping. There are also several security threats due to communal clashes.
There are several strengths and opportunities that the CSOs can leverage on while dealing with identified weaknesses and threats in order to contribute towards increasing the demand for and uptake of immunisation services in this community.
免疫接种覆盖率仍然不理想，尤其是在尼日利亚农村偏远社区。由于社会文化、宗教和卫生系统的障碍，尼日利亚的免疫规划近年来遭受了挫折。基层民间社会组织可以在解决其中一些障碍方面发挥作用，从而增加对免疫服务的需求和接受度。本研究的目的是对基层民间社会组织在增加对免疫服务的需求和接受度方面的参与情况进行优势、劣势、机会和威胁（SWOT）分析。
受试者、材料和方法：这是一项定性研究。使用经过预测试的 SWOT 分析模板从尼日利亚十字河州奥杜卡皮地方政府区的 26 个基层民间社会组织收集数据。数据手动输入到由四个象限组成的矩阵中。结果以表格形式呈现，包括频率和百分比。
这些社会组织在开展免疫宣传、沟通和社会动员方面具有数量优势。有一批非民间社会组织的社区成员愿意自愿参加。然而，一些社会组织在记录保存方面做得不好。由于社区冲突，还存在一些安全威胁。
基层民间社会组织可以利用自身的优势和机会，应对已确定的劣势和威胁，为增加社区对免疫服务的需求和接受度做出贡献。
