KIẾN THỨC, THÁI ĐỘ, HÀNH VI VỀ TIÊM CHỦNG MỞ RỘNG TẠI JOS NORTH

IOSR Journal Of Pharmacy (e)-ISSN: 2250-3013, (p)-ISSN: 2319-4219 www.iosrphr.org Volume 5, Issue (June 2015), PP 34-45 Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Mothers in Jos North Regarding Immunization *1 Chris-Otubor, G.O., 2Dangiwa, D.A., 3Ior, L.D, 1Anukam, N.C Department of Pharmaceutics And Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria ABSTRACT: Background: The knowledge of mothers on immunization- a public health intervention that has greatly reduced mortality and morbidity globally- is very vital as they play a great role in child care Their ability to have the right knowledge will enhance their practice and attitude towards immunization This study was set to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers as regards immunization and the influence of socio demographic characteristics on immunizable children Method: A household multi-stage sampling 48-item questionnaire study design was modified and adopted Mothers with children born between 26th September 2011 and 26th September 2012 were targeted Records of children that visited the immunization unit in the month of August 2012 were also studied Results: The number of respondents who participated in the study was 232 Though only 2.6% had excellent knowledge on vaccine preventable diseases, 89.6% had an overall good knowledge while 5.2% each had fair and poor knowledge Less than 60% reported for vaccination at the stipulated time and less than 3% had negative attitude towards immunization The education of the mother, marital status, religion, geopolitical zone and her and/or the father of the child been immunized as children significantly influenced their knowledge (p4th 17 (100.0%) 23 (92.0%) (0.0%) (8.0%) (0.0%) (.0%) 44 (80.0%) 110 (91.7%) 30 (93.8%) 12 (100.0%) 12 (92.3%) (5.5%) (5.8%) (3.1%) ( 0.0%) (7.7%) (14.5%) (2.5%) (3.1%) (0.0%) (0.0%) 198 (92.1%) 10 (58.8%) 10 (4.7%) (11.8%) (3.3%) (29.4%) 179 (92.3%) (50.0%) 22 (91.7%) (4.6%) (14.3%) (4.2%) (3.1%) (35.7%) (4.2%) 134 (95.7%) (50.0%) 68 (85.0%) (2.1%) (25.0%) (7.5%) (2.1%) (25.0%) (7.5%) 70(93.3%) 61 (91.2%) 42 (85.7%) 13 (86.7%) 21 (84.0%) (4.0%) (2.9%) (6.1%) (6.7%) (12.0%) (2.7%) (6.0%) (8.2%) (6.7%) (4.0%) 14.540 0.069 24.324 0.000* 31.933 0.000* 27.757 0.000* 5.532 0.699 *P