TY - GEN DP - http://iris.who.int/ DB - WHO IRIS AU - Ibrahim, N.K.R. AU - Al Bar, H.M. AB - 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 LA - en UR - https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117668 JF - EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 15 (3), 532-543, 2009 DA - 2009 PY - 2009 SE - 532-543 TI - Surveillance of childhood vaccinepreventable diseases at health facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia KW - Primary Health Care KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Questionnaires KW - Evaluation Studies as Topic KW - Immunization KW - Health Education KW - Communicable Disease Control SN - 1020-3397 N2 - 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 ER -