Usman Ali Faisal, Alia Rubab, Shahzadi Asma Tahseen.
Vaccination; awareness of mothers about the expanded program for immunization.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(1):171-6.

Introduction: The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) is meant for the control of common infectious microorganism. Objectives: To know the awareness among the mothers and its relation with their education. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Pediatric unit, Civil Hospital Bahawalpur. Period: June 15, 2015 to August 31, 2015. Methods and Material: The mothers were interviewed by the researchers using a structured questionnaire. Results: There were 100 mothers included in this study. Their mean age± SD was 28.02± 7.468 years. Among the studied mothers 20 (20%) were having at least secondary school certificate. There were 88 (88%) mothers who were house wives. Only 3 (3%) mothers answered the correct number of vaccines used in EPI program. The awareness about individual vaccine was in the range of 28%-33% except in polio it was 76% and in measles it was 61%. The 40 (40%) mothers answered that EPI vaccines are safe and 37(37%) replied that these are effective. The mother’s high education status was associated with better awareness about EPI. Conclusion: There is lack of knowledge among mothers about EPI vaccination and the mother’s high education status is associated with better awareness about EPI.

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