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标题：Assessment of Immunization Status of Children Between 12-23 Months in Allahabad District
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作者：Arshiya Masood ; S Dwivedi ; G. Singh 等
期刊名称：National Journal of Community Medicine
印刷版ISSN：0976-3325
电子版ISSN：2229-6816
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：346-348
出版社：National Journal of Community Medicine
摘要：Objectives: This study was carried out to assess the immunization status of children in the age group 12-23 months and to know the reasons for non-immunization of children Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. We included 228 children (156 in rural and 72 in urban areas) in 12-23 months of age group by stratified cluster sampling design from Rural and Urban areas of Allahabad. Mothers of the children were interviewed using a predesigned schedule. Result and Conclusion: Only around 31 percent of children were found to be fully immunized while around 24 percent were partially and 45 percent were not immunized at all. Vitamin A prophylaxis showed a decline from 27.2 percent to 2.2 percent from first to third dose Amongst the various reasons for not immunizing the child, the most common in both rural (70.2%) and urban areas (72.7%) was unawareness for the need of vaccination, however in rural areas lack of availability of services (80.2%) was the major cause for not immunizing the child. Thus the present study shows a low coverage of immunization and Vitamin A prophylaxis in both the areas.
关键词：Immunization Status; Children between 12-23months;Vitamin A Prophylaxis; ;Allahabad