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Awareness About Child Immunization among Women in Rural Area of District Jalaun

Author(s) Santosh Kumar Verma
Country India
Abstract Introduction; Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public health programmes targeting close of 2.67 crore newborns and 2.9 crore pregnant women annually. It is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions and largely responsible for reduction of vaccine preventable under-5 mortality rate. Under UIP, immunization is providing free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases. Mission Indra dhanush (MI) was launched in December 2014 and aims at increasing the full immunization coverage to children to 90 % (1). Mother play a very important role in child immunization, so awareness and correct knowledge about immunization is very essential in women, keeping this thing in mind, the present study was undertaken. Aims and objectives;1. To assess the awareness about child immunization among women in rural area.2. To know the correct knowledge of vaccine given in children among women .Material and methods;A cross sectional study was carried out in a rural area of district Jalaun. Aata block was selected randomly for study area. RHTC Aata was selected and women attending the OPD during month of August to October were included in study. Sample size were calculated and 140 mothers were interviewed by using predesigned and pretested questionnaire after taking verbal consent and data was collected and analyzed using appropriate statistical tool. Results; mostly women had heard about immunization in children (82.1%) and most of the women got information from health workers like ASHA/ANM followed by family and friends. vaccine given to child that shows knowledge about BCG/POLIO/MMR was found good but average about DPT and HEPATITIS. Very few women had knowledge about HIB, JE and ROTA vaccine. Conclusion; need to focus on education and awareness programme on women regarding child immunization in rural areas.
Keywords Immunization, awareness, knowledge
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024
Published On 2024-04-10
Cite This Awareness About Child Immunization among Women in Rural Area of District Jalaun - Santosh Kumar Verma - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.16695
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.16695
Short DOI https://doi.org/gtqxxs
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