Comunicación asertiva del personal de enfermería a las madres sobre las vacunas y el cumplimiento del calendario de inmunización en el niño menor de 5 años

Abstract

Communication is an eminently interactive activity through which interpersonal relationships are established, especially among those who try to transmit information to others, as is the case with health personnel, especially nurses, who dedicate the greatest percentage of their time to patient care. Considering these aspects, the objective of this study was 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 of age in the Atahualpa health facility, period September 2022 - August 2023. In order to achieve this purpose, an exploratory phenomenological study was carried out with the participation of 183 mothers from the aforementioned health facility. From these results, 62.8% of participants were identified as having 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 of the nursing staff influences compliance with the vaccination schedule by the children's representatives.