Assessment of knowledge and practices of mothers regarding measles-2 immunization for children

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.