Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of using TelePrimary Care (TPC) to monitor immunization programmed in a clinic. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination was selected as an example because its coverage has not been satisfactory when compared to that of other vaccinatio...

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Main Authors:	Lai, B.F, Razitasham Safii, Lebia Nyulan, Christina Dunggau, Mohd Asri Riffin, Khu F.M., Ong, Flora
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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spelling	ukm-35612016-12-14T06:34:48Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3561/ Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak Lai, B.F Razitasham Safii, Lebia Nyulan, Christina Dunggau, Mohd Asri Riffin, Khu F.M., Ong, Flora, The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of using TelePrimary Care (TPC) to monitor immunization programmed in a clinic. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination was selected as an example because its coverage has not been satisfactory when compared to that of other vaccinations, which generally exceed 90%. Data for all children who were eligible for JE vaccination (age range from 9 months to 30 months) who attended Sarikei Health Clinic between 1 January 2007 till 31 June 2008, was extracted from the TPC database and analyzed for completeness and timeliness of JE vaccination. The analysis showed that although 1,243 children were eligible to receive their first dose of J vaccine at 9 months of age, only 560 (45%) received it. 15 (3%) received on time, and 545 (97%) received it late (age range from 10 months to 20 months). Out of the 560 who were scheduled to receive their second dose of JE vaccine four weeks after the first, 382 (88%) received it on time, and 55 (12%) received it late. Only 78 (18%) out of 429 children aged between 18 months to 24 months received their booster dose; 52 (67%) received it on time and 26 (33%) received it late.TPC not only enables health staff to monitor immunization coverage and timeliness accurately, but it also helps them to identify defaulters quickly so that these children can be traced and immunized. Doing these tasks manually is time-consuming and tedious, leading to delays in tracing defaulters. TPC provides an effective system for staff to easily access real time child health data to monitor and audit their immunization programme and take remedial action where necessary. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3561/1/special%2520issue%25202011_34.pdf Lai, B.F and Razitasham Safii, and Lebia Nyulan, and Christina Dunggau, and Mohd Asri Riffin, and Khu F.M., and Ong, Flora, (2011) Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak. International Journal of Public Health Research, specia . pp. 243-247. ISSN 2232-0245 http://www.ijphr.ukm.my/
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description	The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of using TelePrimary Care (TPC) to monitor immunization programmed in a clinic. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination was selected as an example because its coverage has not been satisfactory when compared to that of other vaccinations, which generally exceed 90%. Data for all children who were eligible for JE vaccination (age range from 9 months to 30 months) who attended Sarikei Health Clinic between 1 January 2007 till 31 June 2008, was extracted from the TPC database and analyzed for completeness and timeliness of JE vaccination. The analysis showed that although 1,243 children were eligible to receive their first dose of J vaccine at 9 months of age, only 560 (45%) received it. 15 (3%) received on time, and 545 (97%) received it late (age range from 10 months to 20 months). Out of the 560 who were scheduled to receive their second dose of JE vaccine four weeks after the first, 382 (88%) received it on time, and 55 (12%) received it late. Only 78 (18%) out of 429 children aged between 18 months to 24 months received their booster dose; 52 (67%) received it on time and 26 (33%) received it late.TPC not only enables health staff to monitor immunization coverage and timeliness accurately, but it also helps them to identify defaulters quickly so that these children can be traced and immunized. Doing these tasks manually is time-consuming and tedious, leading to delays in tracing defaulters. TPC provides an effective system for staff to easily access real time child health data to monitor and audit their immunization programme and take remedial action where necessary.
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author	Lai, B.F Razitasham Safii, Lebia Nyulan, Christina Dunggau, Mohd Asri Riffin, Khu F.M., Ong, Flora,
spellingShingle	Lai, B.F Razitasham Safii, Lebia Nyulan, Christina Dunggau, Mohd Asri Riffin, Khu F.M., Ong, Flora, Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
author_facet	Lai, B.F Razitasham Safii, Lebia Nyulan, Christina Dunggau, Mohd Asri Riffin, Khu F.M., Ong, Flora,
author_sort	Lai, B.F
title	Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
title_short	Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
title_full	Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
title_fullStr	Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak
title_sort	using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in sarikei health clinic, sarikei, sarawak
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Using teleprimary care to monitor immunization status in Sarikei Health Clinic, Sarikei, Sarawak

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