Appraisal on awareness and practices of parents concerning measles immunization for children

Aim: to assess the knowledge and practices of parents regarding measles immunization of children age up to two years. study design: descriptive cross sectional. place and duration of study: village lidhar of district lahore,punjab from: january 15th to march 31st 2013. methods: this was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted on 100 parents at village lidhar of district lahore,punjab. results: overall 44(44.1%) parents were having knowledge and only 21(21.5%) parents were having practices of measles vaccination. conclusions: our findings state an insufficient knowledge of mothers about immunization of measles 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.