title: [Knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood immunization personnel in Teresina-PI, Brazil, 2015].
abstract: to describe the knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators toward childhood vaccination.
  
  
  
  this is a descriptive census study, conducted in 2015 with vaccinators from vaccination rooms of the urban area of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil; data were collected through a questionnaire.
  
  
  
  70 vaccinators were interviewed; most answers related to knowledge and attitude of the vaccinators toward childhood vaccination were considered inadequate (n=58 and n=39, respectively); with regard to practice, there were 43 adequate answers; there was no statistically significant association between the variable knowledge and the variables attitude and practice.
  
  
  
  a high number of inadequate answers related to knowledge and attitude and of adequate answers concerning practice were observed.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Enfermagem, Teresina-PI, Brasil.
authors.forename: Clara Ananda Pimentel de Sousa
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Enfermagem, Teresina-PI, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosana Dos Santos
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Enfermagem, Teresina-PI, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jéssica Loureiro Mendes
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Enfermagem, Teresina-PI, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Dos Remédios Farias Dos
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Enfermagem, Teresina-PI, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Lays Ferreira
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*