Assessment of the Level of Knowledge on Immunization Schedule among the Mothers of Under Five Children with a View to Develop an Information Booklet

Abstract

Background : Vaccines are protecting more children than ever before nearly one in five infants-22.6 million children missed out on the basic vaccines they need to stay healthy. Low immunization levels compromise gains in all other areas of health for mothers and children. The poorest, most vulnerable children who need immunization the most continue to be the list likely to get it. Routine child immunization has greatly reduced the incidence of much infectious disease. Aims and objectives: To assess the knowledge of mothers regarding immunization of under five children. To find the association between knowledge score of mothers regarding immunization of under five children with selected demographic variables Material and Methods: The investigator has adopted purposive sampling method to select the Samples. Survey descriptive research method is used in the study to assess the level of knowledge on immunization schedule among the mothers of under five children in selected urban area of Vadodara district with a view to develop on information booklet. The Sample size comprised of the 40 under five children’s mothers. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for data collection according to the objectives of the study. Results: Result of study reveals that The Majority of samples 28 (70%) had Inadequate knowledge, 12 (30%) has moderate knowledge; none of the sample has adequate knowledge. The study also found out that there is significant association between the demographic variables like Educational status, Occupation, information on Immunization, and Source of information with their chi square values χ 2 = 25.13*, χ 2 = 7.26*, χ 2 = 6.94* and χ 2 = 10.56* at 0.05 level of significance whereas, there is no significant association between the demographic variables like age group, religion, Family income/month with their chi square values χ 2 = 2.81 , χ 2 = 3.84 and χ 2 = 1.98 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: It is concluded that, The study revealed that the knowledge of women regarding immunization was low. The findings of association between knowledge and demographic variables revealed that there was significant association with some of the selected demographic variables like Educational status, Occupation, information on Immunization, and Source of information.