?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=KAP+Study+on+Immunization+of+Children+in+a+City+of+North+India+%E2%80%93+A+30+Cluster+Survey&rft.creator=Nath%2C+Bhola&rft.creator=Singh+%2C+JV&rft.creator=Awasthi%2C+Shally&rft.creator=Bhushan%2C+Vidya&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+Vishwajeet&rft.creator=Singh%2C+SK&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+To+determine+the+knowledge%2C+attitude+and+practices+about+immunization+among+respondents+of+children+aged+12-23+months.%0D%0AMethods%3A+A+total+of+510+respondents+were+interviewed+in+the+urban+slums+of+Lucknow+district+of+India%2C+using+30+cluster+sampling+technique+from+January+2005+to+April+2005.+A+pre-tested+structured+questionnaire+was+used+to+elicit+the+information+about+the+knowledge%2C+attitude+and+practices+of+the+respondents+regarding+immunization.+%0D%0AResults%3A+Knowledge+regarding+the+disease+prevented%2C+number+of+doses+and+correct+age+of+administration+of+BCG+was+highest+among+all+the+categories+of+respondents.+The+paramedical+worker+was+the+main+source+of+information+to+the+respondents+of+completely+(52.0%25)+and+partially+immunized+(48.5%25)+children+while+community+leaders+for+unimmunized+children.+Those+availing+private+facilities+were+more+completely+immunized%2C+as+compared+to+the+government+facilities.+55.8%25+of+those+who+took+20+minutes+to+reach+the+immunization+site+were+completely+immunized+as+compared+to+64.1%25+of+those+who+took+more+than+20+minutes.%0D%0AConclusion%3A+Considering+the+incomplete+knowledge%2C+and+inappropriate+practices+of+the+people%2C+the+policy+makers+and+medical+professionals+require+Herculean+efforts+to+raise+the+knowledge+and+to+break+the+old+beliefs+of+the+people&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2008-04-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6082%2F1%2F2008-1-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nath%2C+Bhola+and+Singh+%2C+JV+and+Awasthi%2C+Shally+and+Bhushan%2C+Vidya+and+Kumar%2C+Vishwajeet+and+Singh%2C+SK++(2008)+KAP+Study+on+Immunization+of+Children+in+a+City+of+North+India+%E2%80%93+A+30+Cluster+Survey.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6082%2F