title: Surveillance of childhood vaccine-preventable diseases at health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted at 33 randomly selected health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to assess health facilities' performance and health workers' knowledge of surveillance activities for childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. The WHO surveillance assessment questionnaire and a specially designed knowledge questionnaire were used. There were deficiencies in some surveillance items. The percentages of health facilities that had the surveillance manual and correctly filled clinical registers were 57.6% and 60.6% respectively. In the 6 months preceding the study, 36.4% of facilities lacked the appropriate surveillance forms while only 18.2% had received supervision reviews. Only one-quarter of health workers had a satisfactory knowledge score.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. nahlakhamis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N K R
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Al Bar
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D012042:Registries; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires