Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Assessment of immunization status of under–five children in migrants of Haldwani block, District Nainital.

Dr Narendra Singh, Dr. C. M. S Rawat

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 Objectives: 1. To determine the coverage of childhood immunization among migrants. 2. To study the factor responsible for partial or non–immunization. Methodology: A population based cross sectional study is being conducted during 15 November 2014 Feuary 2015 among children aged between 12–60 months whose parents were migratory. Out of all the clusters of migrants in Haldwani block, 2 were randomly selected. The child was considered as immunized or not immunized based on information on the immunization card. A pretested predesigned semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data.Results: Out of the total sample immunization card of 27.88% children was present, and majority of them 55.76% were found to be partially immunized followed by fully immunized in 34.61% and only 9.6% of them were found to be non–immunized. Most common reason for partial or non– immunization was fear of side effects 60% followed by inconvenient timing in 52% of cases. Conclusion: Immunization coverage in children of migrants was found very low and Majority of children were partially immunized.

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DR NARENDRA SINGH, DR. C.M.S RAWAT, Assessment of immunization status of under–five children in migrants of Haldwani block, District Nainital., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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