Abstract
Background- Despite child immunization being the most effective way to improve the under-ve mortality, complete immunization remains a challenge in India. We have evaluated the under-ve immunization status among the children attending the immunization clinic in a tertiary care hospital. This is Methodology- a cross sectional study conducted among 158 mothers of infants less than six months attending an immunization clinic of a tertiary care centre. Preformed pre-tested semi structured questionnaire were used to get relevant information from mothers who were recruited using universal sampling method. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 20.0. - In the study only 54(30%) of respondent are fully immunized, 72 (48%) were part Results ially immunized,12 (20.33 %) were unimmunized. The association between the Immunization status with gender of children, Maternal age, Mothers education, and Birth order of child was found statistically signicant. Immunization is the most effective indica Conclusion- tor of child mortality. The study found that the mother's education, family size are determinants of under-ve immunization coverage are statistically signicant. There is need to sustain the promote education and awareness of immunization.
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