Validation of the quantitative and qualitative instruments to determine the sociodemographic factors that affect the accessibility to the immunization service in children under 24 months

Abstract

Introduction: Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions, through which between two and three million deaths can be prevented each year in the world, it is still considered an effective intervention that save lives and avoid suffering; It benefits children because it improves health and life expectancy, as well as its social and economic impact on a global scale. Objective: To validate the quantitative and qualitative instruments to determine the sociodemographic factors that affect accessibility to the immunization service in children under 24 months of age. Methodology: This study is of a mixed approach (quanti-qualitative) of cross-sectional, exploratory descriptive and field type, with a qualitative phenomenological approach designed by 3 categories and coded according to the number of participants. The population as a research sample is 100 people, of which a pilot study of 15 people was carried out for the survey and 1 person for the in-depth interview. Results: By applying the criteria of expert judgments, the following results were obtained: in the quantitative instrument an average of 96 was obtained and in the qualitative instrument an average of 95 was obtained, both results equivalent 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.