Pneumonia continues to be a major cause of illness and morbidity among Filipino people. With the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria and increasing cases of pneumonia among elderly, vaccination has been recommended. Despite this, the significance of immunization is mostly realized in children compared in adults. This quasi-experimental study aimed to determine the effect of lecture and pamphlets as educational interventions on improving the pneumococcal vaccination rate of senior citizens of the Municipality of Liloy with a calculated sample size of 56. A total of 153 respondents were included in the study, which were grouped to two interventions─ lecture and pamphlet. Lecture was done to one group conducted by rural health nurses, while pamphlet distribution was done to the other group. Topics included discussions about the disease, prevention and importance of immunization and side effects. Pneumococcal vaccination rates on both groups were measured and were analysed after the conduct of interventions. The result showed significant increases in the number of vaccinated individuals on both group from 0 to 61 in the lecture group and to 49 in the pamphlet group. Comparison of interventions using Z-Test of Proportions showed a significant difference between the two interventions with the p-value of 0.0425. This study concluded that both interventions, lecture and pamphlet, were effective, however, lecture was proven to be more effective than pamphlet distribution on improving pneumococcal vaccination among the senior citizens.

Keyword: Pneumococcal Vaccination rate of Senior Citizen