Imunisasi BCG adalah salah satu cara pemberian kekebalan terhadap penyakit tuberkulosa yang diberikan pada bayi berumur 0 - 11 bulan. Dengan imunisasi ini diharapkan dapat menurunkan angka kesakitan dan kematian karena penyakit Tuberkulosa. Pada masa ini distribusi cakupan imunisasi BCG belum merata, ada daerah dengan cakupan yang tinggi tetapi ada juga yang cakupannya masih rendah.Dari status imunisasi BCG yang tidak merata ini, dengan program pemerintah yang pada dasarnya sama diseluruh Indonesia, timbul pertanyaan karakteristik-karakteristik apa dari ibu yang menentukan status imunisasi BCG anak berumur 0-36 bulan di lokasi penelitian DKI Jakarta dan Nusa Tenggara Timur.Dengan analisis bivariat didapati bahwa di DKI Jakarta ada pengaruh frekuensi pemeriksaan kehamilan (ANC), pemilikan KMS, pendidikan ibu, pendidikan suami, penolong persalinan, pencarian pengabatan dan kontak dengan sumber informasi dan di NTT ada pengaruh frekuesi pemeriksaan kehamilan {ANC), pemilikan KMS dan status Keluarga Berencana terhadap status imunisasi BCG. Tetapi pada analisis selanjutnya (multivariat) ternyata yang berpengaruh terhadap imunisasi BCG di DKI Jakarta adalah kontak dengan sumber informasi, pemilikan KMS, pencarian pengobatan dan pendidikan suami yang dapat memprediksikan status imunisasi BCG sebesar 66.78 persen. Di NTT yang berpengaruh terhadap status imunisasi BCG adalah kontak dengan sumber informasi dan pemilikan KMS yang dapat memprediksi status imunisasi BCG sebesar 74.89 persen.Supaya kita dapat meningkatkan status imunisasi BCG tentunya kita harus memperhatikan karakteristik-karakteristik tersebut diatas dan diberikan prioritas untuk diintervensi.

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BCG Immunization Status of Child 0 - 34 Month Old in Accordance to Mother Characteristics in DKI Jakarta and NTT, in the year of 1991BCG immunization is one of many methods of providing immunity against Tuberculosis that can be given to the children 0 - 11 month old. By the immunization, it is expected that tuberculosis morbidity and mortality rate will decrease. At present, the distribution of BCG immunization coverage is still unequal; there are some areas with high coverage and others with low coverage.

With the government?s program which is almost equal throughout Indonesia, the inequality coverage of BCG immunization status, rises a question: Which of the mother characteristics that determine the BCG immunization status of children between 0 - 36 month old in DKI Jakarta and. NTT as the location of investigation.

From bivariat analysis it was found that in DKI Jakarta there were frequency of antenatal care, assistance in baby delivery, seek for treatment, ownership of Vaccination card and contact with source of information: and in NTT there were frequency of antenatal care, ownership of vaccination card and use of contraception, influenced the BCG immunization status.

But further analysis (multivariate) showed that in DKI Jakarta, contact with source of information, ownership of vaccination card, seek for treatment and husband's education influenced the BCG Immunization status. These can predict the BCG immunization status as much as 66.78 percent. In NTT only contact with source of information and ownership of vaccination card that influenced the BOG immunization status, which can predict the BC6 immunization status as much as 74.99 percent.

In order to increase the BCG immunization status, we? have to pay more attention to mother characteristics mentioned above and have to put priority for intervention.