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Knowledge, attitude, perceptions of adult males towards childhood immunizations in southwest Nigeria
Background: Immunisation is a cost effective public health intervention in reducing morbidity and mortality from
vaccine preventable diseases worldwide. In Nigeria, childhood immunisation against poliomyelitis is still bedeviled by
setbacks which are multifactorial. Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and
perceptions of adult males towards childhood immunizations in Nigeria. Methods: The research was a descriptive crosssectional study of adult males in the Ido-Osi local government area of Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria. Multistage sampling
method was used to select 320 adult males for the study, and a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect
quantitative data. Statistical analysis was done using the Epi Info 4. P value <0.05 was considered asstatistically significant.
Results: Mean age (±SD) of the respondents was 48.4±12.6 years with range of 20-95 years. About half (50.6%) of the
respondents were in the age group 40-59 years. 79.7% were married while only 2 were single with about two-thirds of the
married respondents in monogamous family type. 82.3% were willing to support childhood immunization. The association
between respondents’ religion and education, and willingness to support childhood immunization was found to be statistically
significant: (x
2
=51.53; df=6; p=0.0000) and (x
2
=65.48; df=6; p=0.0000) respectively. Conclusion: The study showed that the
knowledge of adult males about childhood immunization was high. The perception of childhood immunization as a means of
protection from certain illnesses was also common and most men were willing to support it. The support for childhood
immunization was significantly affected by religionand level of education