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Patel Shivani
Patel Prachi
Patel Dixu
Patel Pooja
Patel Niral
Parmar Nirali
Trilok Sompura
The research aims to assess the knowledge of mothers of under five children regarding recent immunization schedule before structure teaching programme among mothers of under five children of Salun village. It also aims to assess the knowledge of mothers of under five children regarding recent immunization schedule after structure teaching programme among mothers of under five children of Salun village. Furthermore, it focuses to find out the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on Recent Immunizati on Schedule by comparing the pre test and post test, however it also finds out the association of post -test level of Recent Immunization Schedule with their Selected Demographical variable. The mean pre -test knowledge score was 6.46 while mean post -test kn owledge score was 13.23. Hence the difference of mean between pre and post-test knowledge score was 6.77. The Standard Deviation of Pre -test and post -test was 3.77 and 2.82 respectively. The calculated âTâ value is 7.96 at 29 degree of freedom with 0.05 level of significance. There was significant increase in the knowledge of the mothers of under five children after administration of structure teaching programme regarding Recent Immunization Schedule. Hence it is concluded that structure teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of the mothers of under five children in Salun village, Nadiad.
Keywords: Immunization Schedule, Mothers, Under-five children