Variable IM1 : Vaccination card for child

File: ch - Roma settlements

Children with a completed questionnaire (UF9=1)

Mother/Caretaker of Child

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes, seen	341	39.2%
2	Yes, not seen	240	27.6%
3	No	287	33.0%
9	Missing	3	0.3%
Sysmiss		685

If an immunization card is available, copy the dates in IM3 for each type of immunization recorded on the card.   IM6-IM17 are for registering vaccinations that are not recorded on the card. IM6-IM17 will only be asked when a card is not available.

Do you have a card where (name)'s vaccinations are written down? 	(If yes) May I see it please?

Survey Coordinators: Procedures for completing this module are somewhat more complicated than most other modules in the MICS4 questionnaires. Make sure to have interviewers practise the administration of the module during training by using real vaccination cards. Reading and understanding vaccination cards usually requires considerable practice.
 
This module is used to obtain information for children under five who have received BCG, DPT3, OPV3, measles and other immunizations. 

Survey Coordinators: You should collect information on a number of issues regarding immunization in your country. Specifically you should:

1. Obtain child immunization cards used in your country, and adapt the module accordingly.

2. Obtain the most recent national immunization schedule for children, and reflect the schedule in the module.

3. Find out if any immunization campaigns (for example, national immunization days for polio, measles campaigns, other campaigns such as yellow fever) were carried out in the previous year. 

Based on this information, you should adapt the immunization module to your country, reflecting combinations of vaccines if necessary (HepB1 or DptHeb1, for instance), omitting 'extra' antigens if not included in the immunization schedule (such as yellow fever), omitting Vitamin A, reflecting the immunization schedule to the questions (such as changing the appropriate age recommended for measles and yellow fever vaccines), or adding other vaccines (such as HiB). 

If the respondent reports that there is a vaccination card for the child, ask to see it. You should have obtained vaccination cards at the beginning of the interview. If you did not already obtain the card for the child, now is the time to ask for it again.

In some cases, the respondent may not be willing to take time to look for the vaccination card, thinking that you are in a hurry. Encourage the respondent to look for the vaccination card for the child. It is critical to obtain written documentation of the child's immunization history. Therefore, be patient if the respondent needs to search for the card.

If the respondent does not have a vaccination card but the vaccine doses are registered in another document (for example, a booklet with records of clinic visits), ask to see it. If the card or other document is seen, circle '1' and skip to IM3. If the child has a vaccination card or other document but the respondent is unable to show you, circle '2' and skip to IM6 - you will be asking the respondent to recall the child's vaccinations. If the respondent does not have a vaccination card or any other document where the vaccine doses are registered for the child, circle '3' and continue to next question.