Validation of the quantitative and qualitative instruments to determine the sociode-mographic factors that affect the accessibility to the immunization service in children under 24 months
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2020, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions; because of it, two and three million deaths can be prevented each year in the world. It continues to be considered an effective intervention that saves lives and avoid suffering; it benefits children because it improves health and life expectancy because of its social and economic impact on a global scale. Objective: To validate the quantitative and qualitative instruments in orden to determine the sociodemographic factors that affect accessibility to the immunization service in children under 24 months. Methodology: The present study is a cross-sectional (quantitative - qualitative) mixed approach, exploratory, descriptive and field, with a phenomenological qualitative approach designed by three categories and coded according to the number of participants. The population as a sample of the research is 100 people, of which a pilot study of 15 people was carried out for the survey and one person for the in-depth interview. Results: When applying the criterion of expert judgments, getting the following results: in the quan-titative instrument obtained an average of 96 and in the qualitative instrument achie-ving an average of 95, both results equi-valent to very reliable. Conclusion: The pilot plan suggests that the instruments have good properties to determine the sociodemographic factors that affect the accessibility of the immunization service
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Paul Mullo Espinoza, Jessica Navas Roman, Geovanna Sellan Reinoso
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