A study to assess the effectiveness of short training session on immunization knowledge of mothers attending immunization clinic

Abstract

Background: Awareness of the parents especially mothers towards the vaccination is very important in achieving success in the development of sufficient immunity among the children. It has been observed that some parents have negative approach towards vaccinations. Therefore it is very necessary to educate the parents especially mothers regarding the importance of vaccination. It has been observed that mothers are usually not included the awareness programmes for various health diseases. Aim: To evaluation of change in knowledge of mothers about vaccination and other important aspects of immunization after a short training intervention programme at the clinics for immunization. Methods and Materials: 360 mothers arriving at the clinic for immunization were included in this study. The study participants were told about the intervention programme and their informed consent was observed. A questionnaire was provided to them consisting of questions for evaluating their knowledge regarding essential vaccines and other aspects of immunization. Then they were provided with short training of 40-45 minutes by two trained experts. After training programme there was evaluation of the change in knowledge regarding essential vaccines and other aspects of immunization through tests. Results: When there was analysis of the percentage of study subjects giving response about the mandatory vaccination in the mothers before and after intervention then it was observed that there was statistically significant difference in the knowledge of mothers about various essential vaccines after carrying out intervention programme. (p=0.002). When there was evaluation of change in knowledge of the study subjects about the other aspects of immunization after the intervention programme then it was found that there was significant increase in the knowledge of the mothers.( p-0.001). On carrying out analysis of the score obtained in test before and after intervention programme regarding knowledge about mandatory vaccination and other aspects of immunization then it was observed that there was statistically significant increase in the score regarding knowledge about the essential vaccine and other significant aspects of immunization ( p=0.002) after the intervention programme. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was significant increase in the knowledge of the mothers about the essential vaccines and other important aspects of immunization after ashort training programme at the immunization clinics.