Knowledge of mothers towards National Immunization Program in Baquba City, Iraq

Abstract

Vaccines have thrived as one of the most successful health interventions that have diminished the occurrence of infectious diseases and improved quality of life in the population. To determining the mothers’ knowledge on the importance of immunization program. A descriptive; cross sectional study conducted at 11 randomly selected primary health care centers (PHCC) in Baquba City. Included 1000 mothers, the data collection continued for the period of (4) months starting on 20January –2020 ending on 15May 2020.The current study was conducted on (1000) mothers with age groups ranging from (15-45) years and the highest percentage (30.5%) were from the (25—29) years age group. While highest percentage (28.9%) from level of education mothers in College, but (81.1%) housewife occupation of mothers, also (31%) education level of husband in college and (60.3%) not employed. Most of mothers (80.8%) living in Urban area, the majority of mothers (70.1%) with acceptable knowledge and get their information from their health institutions, family members, social media and Television. High acceptable knowledge score of studied sample (mothers) towards immunization program. Overall, there is a need to strengthen the quality of the health education to mothers towards national immunization program, especially among illiterate and less educated mothers living in rural areas.