Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers toward Children's Obligatory Vaccination

Background: Vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) are considered one of the main causes of sicknesses and deaths among children all over the world, parents' knowledge and attitude towards immunization are likely influence uptake, vaccination is one of the most cost-effective public health tools to prevent infectious diseases.Objective: This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers' toward children's obligatory vaccination Design: Cross-sectional survey was utilized; the study was conducted through mother's home visits at Damietta Governorate.The sampling method used was the cluster sampling approach promoted by the World Health Organization, Total number of the cluster was 30 clusters and 7 mothers from each cluster.The first house visited in each cluster was selected randomly according to availability of household list.Total number of mothers sample was 210 from 5 districts (1050 mothers).Four structured interviewing sheets were used to assess socio-demographic data, knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers toward obligatory vaccination.The data were analyzed using SPSS (Stand for statistical product and service solutions) version 16.Results: revealed that there was a positive statistically significant correlation between knowledge and practice of the studied mothers.Conclusion: less than half of the studied mothers had poor knowledge score while less than one third had good score, more than two thirds of the studied mothers had good attitude score while the minority had poor attitude score, and more than one third of mothers had good practice while one quarter had poor practice Keywords: Attitude, Obligatory vaccination, Knowledge, Mothers, Parents, Practice, What is already known about the topic?• Vaccination is often cited as one of the most achievement of public health and the most cost effective intervention for child health promotion.However, this success has always been challenged by individuals and group factors.What this paper adds?• This paper provides insight about mothers' knowledge, attitude and practice scores toward their children's obligatory vaccination in Damietta Governorate.