“Cuidados empíricos en post vacunación aplicados por las madres a niños menores de 5 años en la Parroquia Huachi Grande – Centro”

Abstract

The research aims to determine the post vaccination empirical care applied to children under 5 years old by their mothers in the Huachi Grande – Centro Parish. This is a quantitative, experimental, correlational, bibliographical, and field research. In order to collect the information, it applied a survey to study population represented by 75 mothers of children under 5 years old who lived in the Huachi Grande Parish. It was obtained as a result that in post vaccination the 84% of mothers used post vaccination empirical and non-pharmacological care and the 7% of mothers applied pharmacological care, while the 9% of them mix pharmacological and non-pharmacological care. It was concluded that socio demographic factors directly influence the type of post vaccination care that they offer their children, so the mothers of this community preferable used medicinal plants, physical means and home remedies. The post vaccination care provides analgesics, sedatives, anti-inflammatories and antipyretics effects