Abstract

Background: Immunization is a proven tool for controlling and even eradicating disease. The vaccination coverage at present with EPI vac-cines is far from complete despite the long-standing commitment to universal coverage. Aim and objectives: To assess im-munization status and to study fac-tors associated with it among 12-23 months children. Material and methods: It was community based descriptive cross sectional study conducted during January 2010 to December 2011 at Urban Health Centre of the Depart-ment of Preventive and Social Medi-cine. All 280 children of 12-23 months residing in slums of urban field practice area were included. Data was analyzed using SPSS software 16 version and openEpi Software Version 2.3. Results: 81.4% study subjects were fully immunized and 18.6% were partially immunized. Proportion of study subjects fully immunized dif-fers significantly from those partial-ly immunized with respect to reli-gion and socioeconomic status. No significant association was ob-served between gender, type of fami-ly, mother’s education and birth or-der of child with immunization sta-tus. Conclusion: Majority of children were fully immunized indication good immunization coverage. There is need to evaluate different aspects of religion and socioeconomic sta-tus which are responsible for signif-icant difference in immunization coverage.

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