A Study to Find Out the Full Immunization Coverage of 12 to 23–month Old Children in an Urban area of Katihar District

Dr Soni Rani; Dr Arun Kumar Pandey; Dr Mukesh Nandan

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

A Study to Find Out the Full Immunization Coverage of 12 to 23–month Old Children in an Urban area of Katihar District

Dr Soni Rani, Dr Arun Kumar Pandey, Dr Mukesh Nandan

Abstract :

Background– The leading cause of child mortality in India is vaccine–preventable disease. The vaccine not only protects the children from potentially serious illness but also interrupts the diseases transmission in a community. However, in developing countries including India, a large proportion of children are either not immunised at all or partially immunised, resulting in higher infant and child mortality. Objectives– 1. To assess the full immunization coverage among 12 to 23–month old children of urban field practice area under Department of Community Medicine, Katihar Medical College.2 identify the factors for failure of full immunization. Material and Method– A community based cross–sectional study was conducted from June 2017 to May 2018 on children aged 12 to 23 months old of area under Sharifganj Urban health training centre. Taking 50 % prevalence of full immunization and 10% relative precision a sample size of 400 were selected. Data was collected using pre–designed pre–tested questionnaire during home visit and verifying immunization card and analysed by computer software Epi info 7.0. Results–The full immunization coverage among 12 to 23 months old children was found as 73.0%.The main reasons for failure of full immunization in those areas are fear of AEFI and unawareness of need of subsequent doses of vaccines. Conclusion: Immunization coverage in the urban area is still way short of the 85% coverage mark. A lack of information and motivation among the parents is the main reason for this dismal scenario that needs to be rectified at the earliest.