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Introduction Immunisation is one of the key public health instruments to combat childhood morbidity and mortality. However, the lack of mothers\' knowledge and motivation to vaccinate their children has affected vaccination programs and vaccination coverage rate in the state of Jharkhand. Therefore, addressing this knowledge gap, our study aims to evaluate the extent of mothers\' understanding of the effects and aspects of vaccination for their children. Materials and method This is a cross-sectional study conducted at the paediatric vaccination clinic of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi between October 2022 and September 2023. The sample population included 200 mothers as participants (18 years and above). The survey was done with a self-administered questionnaire of questions about socio-demographic factors, mothers\' knowledge, and mothers\' practices, and answers were consolidated in the form of a table. Results The majority of participants in this study were below 25 years of age and were literate. The missed vaccination percentage was also significantly higher among illiterates, mothers below 30 years of age, and unemployed ones. Among the respondents, 73.3% of illiterate mothers, 56% of those below 30 years of age, and 64% of unemployed mothers missed their children\'s vaccination schedule. Among the mothers, 75% did not know the names of vaccine-preventable diseases. Of the respondents, 50% believed intercurrent illnesses like fever and the common cold to be side effects and contraindications of vaccines. Among the mothers, 65% never posed any questions to the paediatrician. Of the mothers, 97% safely kept the vaccination card and 82% relied on government or public health centres for vaccination purposes. Conclusion The majority of our population was in favour of vaccinating their children but there existed a huge lacuna in their knowledge about vaccination. This study concludes that firmer measures have to be exercised to bridge this knowledge gap. Only this can improve the vaccination coverage rate.
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介绍免疫接种是对抗儿童发病率和死亡率的关键公共卫生手段之一。然而,在贾坎德邦，母亲们缺乏为孩子接种疫苗的知识和动力影响了疫苗接种计划和疫苗接种覆盖率。因此,解决这个知识差距，我们的研究旨在评估母亲对孩子接种疫苗的影响和方面的了解程度。材料和方法这是在拉金德拉医学科学研究所（RIMS）的儿科疫苗接种诊所进行的横断面研究，兰契在2022年10月至2023年9月之间。样本人群包括200名母亲作为参与者(18岁及以上)。这项调查是用一份关于社会人口因素问题的自我管理问卷来完成的，母亲\'知识，和母亲的做法，和答案以表格的形式合并。结果本研究的大多数参与者年龄在25岁以下，并且识字。未接种疫苗的比例在文盲中也明显较高,30岁以下的母亲，失业的人。在受访者中，73.3%的文盲母亲，56%的30岁以下的人，64%的失业母亲错过了孩子的疫苗接种计划。在母亲中，75%的人不知道疫苗可预防疾病的名称。在受访者中，50％的人认为发烧和普通感冒等并发疾病是疫苗的副作用和禁忌症。在母亲中，65%的人从未向儿科医生提出过任何问题。在母亲中，97％的人安全地保存了疫苗接种卡，82％的人依靠政府或公共卫生中心进行疫苗接种。结论我国大多数人口赞成给他们的孩子接种疫苗，但他们对疫苗接种的知识存在巨大的空白。这项研究得出的结论是，必须采取更坚定的措施来弥合这一知识差距。只有这样，才能提高疫苗接种率。
