A Cross Sectional Study on Vaccination Coverage of Children in the Urban Slums of Bangalore
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: Despite their public health benefit, vaccination pro-grams face obstacles. The objectives of the study were to determine the vaccination coverage among the children in urban slums in Banga-lore and to determine the factors as-sociated with partial immunization. Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out among 210 children aged between 12-23 months in urban slums of Banga-lore from June 2015 to May 2016 us-ing 30-cluster survey method. In-formation regarding immunization status, socio demographic and per-sonal details was collected using pretested semi structured question-naire after obtaining the consent. Data was entered in MS EXCEL and was analyzed, using percentages and chi square test. Results: Among 210 children, Male children constituted 53.8%. Full immunization coverage was 83.3% and Partial immunization coverage was 16.7%. The relation between so-cio demographic variables like reli-gion, type of family, total number of children in family, birth order, place of delivery, father's and mother's educational status, socioeconomic status and immunization status was found to be statistically signifi-cant. Conclusion: Illiterate father, illit-erate mother, low socio economic status, no exclusive breast feeding and non availability of immuniza-tion card were determinants of par-tial immunization.
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Manuja LM, Viswanatha PG, Veena NH, Ranganath TS
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