Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin and University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State PMB 1515, Nigeria.
Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger State 912231, PMB 14, Nigeria.
J Trop Pediatr. 2021 Aug 27;67(4). doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmab085.
Routine vaccination, a cost-effective means of preventing deadly childhood disease, has a low coverage in Nigeria. The study assessed the willingness of mothers to receive reminder messages for routine vaccination appointments in Northern Nigeria.
A multi-centre cross-sectional study involving at least 363 mother-infant pairs per centre from five states in Northern Nigeria. Data collected include the socio-demographic details, responses on parental phone ownership, mothers' willingness to receive reminders for immunization appointments and the reminder type characteristics. Data analysis was done with SPSS.
Of the 1952 mother-infant pairs, ownership of at least one household phone was 97.7%. In total, 1613 (82.6%) mothers were willing to receive reminders. A majority (62.2%) of mothers preferred phone calls. A day before the vaccination appointment was the preferred timing (78.1%), and the predominant communication language was the local language for each region.The odds of being willing to receive reminders were 3.1 times, 2.6 times and 1.8 times higher in those with no formal education, primary education and secondary education, respectively, compared with mothers with tertiary education, each p < 0.05. Mothers who delivered at home were significantly less likely to want reminder messages (p = 0.03).
Eight of 10 women in Northern Nigeria are willing to receive a reminder for their child. The predominant mode of reminder preferred is phone calls using the local language. Deployment of mobile phone reminders strategy in Northern Nigeria as a means to improve vaccination uptake is feasible. The institution of this strategy can be in collaboration with service providers.
常规疫苗接种是预防儿童期致命疾病的一种具有成本效益的手段，但在尼日利亚的覆盖率较低。本研究评估了母亲对接种常规疫苗预约接受提醒信息的意愿。
这是一项多中心横断面研究，每个中心至少纳入 363 对母婴对，来自尼日利亚北部的五个州。收集的数据包括社会人口统计学细节、父母手机拥有情况、母亲对接种预约接受提醒的意愿以及提醒类型特征的反应。使用 SPSS 进行数据分析。
在 1952 对母婴对中，至少有 1 部家庭电话的拥有率为 97.7%。共有 1613 名（82.6%）母亲愿意接受提醒。大多数（62.2%）母亲更喜欢电话提醒。接种预约前一天是首选时间（78.1%），首选的沟通语言是每个地区的当地语言。与接受过高等教育的母亲相比，没有正规教育、小学教育和中学教育的母亲愿意接受提醒的可能性分别高出 3.1 倍、2.6 倍和 1.8 倍，p 值均<0.05。在家分娩的母亲明显不太可能想要提醒信息（p=0.03）。
在尼日利亚北部，每 10 名女性中有 8 名愿意为孩子接受提醒。首选的提醒方式是使用当地语言的电话提醒。在尼日利亚北部部署手机提醒策略以提高疫苗接种率是可行的。可以与服务提供商合作实施这一策略。
