The Assesses Impact Of Motherly Awareness On Pediatric Vaccine Uptake

Authors

  • Sadaf Abid Ali Deparetment of Social Work , University of Karachi
  • Dr. Sumera Ishrat Deparetment of Social Work, University of Karachi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v19i1.86

Keywords:

Assesses, Motherly, Awareness, Pediatric, Vaccine.

Abstract

Pediatric vaccination is the greatest instrument for children’ health. It avoids infection and viruses of under 2 years of children. Numerous nations are appearing unwilling for pediatric immunization. There is a vital barrier to pediatric vaccination, which is associated with the lack of maternal awareness (line remove)The current study is designed to evaluate the childhood vaccination-related diseases, mother’s awareness, practice, perception and these impact on the pediatric vaccination status, additionally, to know the children’s health conditions level in Gadap town, Karachi Pakistan. This study assesses the impact of childhood vaccination as protecting shield which associated with the mother’s awareness, practices as well as the mothers’ perception. Evaluate the childhood immunization’s benefits and health risk for not choosing vaccination of their children and its effect on childhood vaccination status. In this study purposive technique of non-probability sampling is used to select sample of mothers whose children age up to 2 years. This selection is done by keeping in mind the objective of the research. The total sample was 280 who were under two years of children’s mothers. The research design was qualitative and quantitative, furthermore, the exploratory design was used, and the in-depth interviews have been conducted from each mother. The research instrument has personal information, pediatric vaccination status, pediatric vaccine practice, mothers awareness about benefits, health risk, vaccine-preventable diseases related information, additionally, know the mother’s Perception regarding the pediatric mortality and morbidity ,furthermore, the level of motherly awareness and pediatric vaccination practice which were scored according to mother’s answers.

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Ali, S. A., & Ishrat, S. (2019). The Assesses Impact Of Motherly Awareness On Pediatric Vaccine Uptake. Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies, 19(1), 129–148. https://doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v19i1.86

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