Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Immunization among Primi Mothers of Children

Abstract

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude And Practice On Immunization Among Primi Mothers of ChildrenIn Poonchery Village, KanchipuramDist, Tamilnadu, India. The Objectives of the study were to assessthe existing level of knowledge, attitude and practice on immunization among primi mothers of childrenand to find out the association between the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on immunizationand the selected demographic variables of primi mothers of children. The sampling technique was Nonprobability Snowball-Sampling technique with 169 samples of primi mothers. There was no significantassociation between the selected demographic variables. The data collection for the main study was done.The collected data was tabulated and analyzed descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The showsthat primi mothers 73.3% had adequate knowledge, 14.7% had moderate knowledge, and 11.8% inadequateknowledge regarding immunization among primi mothers of children. Majority of primi mothers 92.9%had positive attitude, 7.1% had undecided attitude and no negative attitude regarding immunization amongprimi mothers of children. Majority of primi mothers 91.7% had desirable practice and 8.3% had undesirablepractice regarding immunization among primi mothers of children.

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