Study of knowledge, attitude and practices of immunization among parents

Abstract

Objective: To assess ‘knowledge, attitude and practice about immunization of parents having children of age group 6weeks to 5years. Methods: This is observational study conducted in a medical college hospital in South India. Parents were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Twenty single choice questions were asked out of which 6 were knowledge,7 attitude and 7 practice based questions. Each correct answer was awarded with a score of 1 and 0 for wrong/no answer. Score of >9 was taken as adequate and of 9) and 32.6% of parents (score <9) had inadequate knowledge, attitude and practices of immunization. 71.9% of children had complete immunization status. A significant association of immunization completeness with knowledge, attitude and practice (p value < 0.001) was noticed. Conclusion: Majority of parents knew the importance of immunization, had positive attitude and good practices and had complete immunization status for their age, which reflected the good knowledge, attitude and practice of parents regarding immunization

Keywords

• attitude
• immunization status
• knowledge