Abdul Rahman, Akaram Saeed, Mashooque Ali.
Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Mothers regarding Measles-2 Immunization for Children.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(3):719-21.

Aim: To assess the knowledge and practices of mothers regarding measles-2 immunization of children age up to two years. Study design: Descriptive Cross Sectional. Place and duration of study: UC-02 of Tehsil Nawabshah, Sindh from Feb. 15th to March 31st 2013. Methods: This was a Cross Sectional study conducted on 96 mothers at UC-02 of Nawabshah. Results: Overall 29.16% (28 out of 96) mothers were having knowledge and only 11.5% (11 out of 96) mothers were having practices of measles-2 vaccination. Conclusions: Our findings state an insufficient knowledge of mothers about immunization of measles-2 in the selected area with partial practices, ignorance by family head, illiteracy and lack of education program for the community especially mothers regarding immunization & importance of disease control.

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