A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Information, Education and communication on Knowledge and Practice regarding MR Vaccination among the Mothers in Selected Slum Areas of Pune City

Abstract

Measles is a very contagious disease which continues to become the killer disease for most of the children
and infants. On the other side Rubella Infection also is deadly dangerous especially in the vulnerable
population of pregnant women where it disables a child for life with congenital rubella syndrome1
. This
may leads blindness, deafness, and other congenital cardiac defects. Bothe the diseases, however, can be
prevented with a safe and effective vaccination of the long term immunity2
. This immunization directly
contributes to the reduction of under-five child deaths across the country population, thereby reducing the
disabilities. The present study title: “A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Information, Education and
communication on Knowledge and Practice regarding MR Vaccination among the Mothers in Selected Slum
Areas of Pune City.” The main purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, practice and to evaluate
the effectiveness of IEC regarding MR vaccination among mothers of selected slum areas of Pune city and
to determine associations of the findings with socio demographic variable. Material and Methods: A Pre
experimental, one group-Pre- test post-test design was adopted for study . Study carried out on 80 samples
as below 15yrs. children in selected slum area. The non-probability convenience sampling technique was
used to collect the data through structured questionnaire and observational checklist. Ethical clearance
was Obtained from Institutional ethics committee. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive and
infrantial statistics. Result: The mean post test score 14.27( SD=1.64) was higher than the mean pretest
score 8.48(SD=2.9) .The computed t-test statistic value is 15.124733, Corresponding p-value was 0.000,
which is small (less than 0.05)and for the practice mean post test score 38.5(SD=7.63)was higher than
the mean pretest 26.36(SD=4.25). As the calculated t-value is 12.725452 and p- value was 0.00, which
small(less than 0.05.Conclusion:Study conclude that the knowledge and practice of mothers was inadequate
in pre-test but then after the administration of IEC there was an increase in the knowledge and practices
about MR vaccination, so IEC was effective in increasing the knowledge and practice of mothers regarding
MR vaccination.Recommendation: A similar study can be conducted in pediatric hospital settings, in PHS
and CHC center in rural areas, and carried out to evaluate the efficiency of various teaching strategies like
self-instruction module, pamphlets, leaflets, on measles and Immunization.