Abstract The research project attempts to assess the level of knowledge regarding national immunization schedule for mothers attending OPD at AIIMS Patna. The objectives of the research project was to assess the level of knowledge regarding national immunization schedule for mother attending OPD, to find the association between the national immunization schedule and demographic variables, to provide health education to the mother about national immunization schedule. The conceptual framework of the research project was developed on the basis Roy’s adaptation model, non experimentalrandomized control group design used in the research project [9]. The research project was carried out in OPD at AIIMS Patna. The Sample comprised of all mothers who fulfilled the criteria of the research project. The sample was 100 in number. Pilot study was conducted on 10 samples and the tools were found to be feasible. Data collection was done from 25th April 2017 to 4th may 2017. Data was
collected by using a questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The reliability of the questionnaire tool was 0.883. The result of the research project shows that, 10% sample have excellent knowledge, 57% have very good knowledge, 28% have good knowledge and 5% having poor knowledge. A relationship between national immunization schedule and demographic variables like education level, religion, area of residence were noticed. The findings of this research project helped the mothers to enhance their knowledge about national immunization schedule and make them to apply this knowledge in their daily life.
Keywords: Knowledge; Immunization; Mother.
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