Assertive communication from nursing staff to mothers about vaccinations and compliance with the immunization schedule in children under 5 years old

Abstract

Communication is an eminently interactive activity through which the establishment of interpersonal relationships is fostered, especially trying to transmit information to others as happens with health staff, especially nurses who dedicate the greatest percentage of their time to patients care. Considering these aspects in this work, the objective was defined to analyze the relationship between the assertive communication of nursing staff to mothers about vaccines and compliance with the immunization schedule in children under 5 years old at the Atahualpa health facility, September period. 2022 – August 2023. To achieve this purpose, a phenomenological exploratory study was developed in which 183 mothers from the aforementioned health facility participated. Based on these results, 62.8% of participants were identified with an understanding of the explanations provided and adequate levels of satisfaction with the information received, as well as the corroboration of the working hypothesis that assertive communication by the nursing staff influences the compliance with the vaccination scheme by the representatives of the children.