Physical and Psychological Factors Influencing Maternal Non-Compliance with Immunization Schedule

ABSTRACT

"The study examined the physical and psychological variables influencing maternal non-compliance with immunization schedules of children 0-2 years. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A questionnaire tagged ""Maternal Non-compliance with Immunization Schedule Questionnaire (MNCWISQ) was used for data collection. Three hypotheses were tested; using pearson product moment correlation. The study established that there was a significant relationship between physical factors (location of immunization services/access to immunization centres/distance to immunization centres) and non-compliance with immunization schedule (r- .47; df = 298; p.05). Psychological factor (mothers' knowledge about immunization) was also found to be significantly associated with non compliance with immunization schedule (r"