Assistant Professor, Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Gurgaon
Online published on 15 March, 2019.
Immunization is one of the most successful and cost effective public health intervention in the constant effort of human beings against diseases that affect our well being. Every Year more than 10 million children in low and middle income countries die before they reach their Fifth Birthday. Vaccine Preventable diseases remain the most common cause of Childhood mortality with an estimated three million death each year. The factors includes the knowledge of mothers on acceptance of Immunization as a life saving resources. This study aims to assess the knowledge on Immunization among mothers of Haryana. Quasi Experimental One group Pretest and Posttest design was selected to determine the effectiveness of education on Immunization. A purposive Sampling technique was adopted to select 50 Samples. The knowledge questionnaire on Immunization was used to collect the data. The planned teaching Programme was developed and imparted knowledge to mothers of under five Children. The result shows that Knowledge score regarding Immunization was improved after Education. The result shown that the mean post test knowledge score was higher than the mean pre test score. The mean pretest score was and increased to 18.82 during post test.
