Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Cold Chain Vaccine Management at Boalemo Community Health Center, Gorontalo

Zulfiayu, Wenny Ino Ischak, Paulus Pangalo

School of Health Polytechnics, Ministry of Health, Gorontalo

ABSTRACT

Background: Cold chain vaccine management is a management of the storage and distribution activities that maintain vaccine in a given temperature range. Vaccine management includes both managerial and operational functions. These critical functions must be undertaken by a skilled manager to ensure adequate availability of high-quality vaccines for immunization service delivery. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the cold chain vaccine management at Boalemo community health center, Gorontalo.

Subjects and Method: A cross sectional study was carried out at a District Pharmacy Installation and 11 community health centers in Boalemo, Gorontalo, in September 2018. A total of 53 vaccine managers was selected for this study. The dependent variable was cold chain vaccine management. The independent variables were knowledge, attitude, and practice. The data were collected using questionnaire and observation. The data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate analysis.

Results: Knowledge of cold chain vaccine management was good (73.5%) and poor (26.5%). Attitude toward cold chain managers was positive (79.4%) and negative (20.6%). Cold chain management at community health centers was good (50%) and poor (50%). Practice was significantly associated with cold chain vaccine management. The associations between knowledge, attitude, and cold chain vaccine management, were not statistically significant.

Conclusion: Vaccine manager practice is associated with cold chain vaccine management.

Keywords: cold chain management, vaccine, knowledge, attitude, practice

Correspondence: Zulfiayu. School of Health Polytechnics, Ministry of Health, Gorontalo.

Email: zulfiayu@poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id. Mobile: 085348224688.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/theicph.2019.04.38

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