A study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a need based interventional package on awareness and self efficiency of primary caregivers in care of children during primary immunizations in selected health facilities

Abstract

Immunization is an important aspect of child s health. It protects the child from newlinevarious vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs), reduces their severity and gives a long newlinelasting immunity to a child. In absence of vaccination these infections can otherwise newlinebecome very severe and sometimes fatal. India s vaccination coverage is far behind newlinefrom the global vaccination coverage of 81%. Due to this millions of children newlinesuccumb to these VPDs due to low coverage. Parents and caregivers awareness and newlinetimely decision making hold to key to this problem. The current study was planned to newlineassess effectiveness of an interventional package in terms of primary caregivers newlineawareness and their self-efficiency. As timeliness and adherence to immunization newlineschedule is necessary for the child to develop age specific immunity. It also aimed at newlinequantifying the vaccine related problems among children and immunization newlinecompliance among primary caregivers newline