To Study the Reasons Given by Mothers of Under 5 for not Attending the Pulse Polio Immunisation at Sultanpalya UHTC of Dr. B R Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore Menzil Margaret1, Anand Ashoojit Kaur2 1Professor, Department of Community Medicine, VMKV Medical College, Salem 2Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, TOMCH & RC, Bangalore Online published on 15 December, 2017. Abstract Background Mothers are the backbone of our country as they are the ones who take the responsibility of the children's health. Hence their literacy status and their knowledge regarding the PPI is very important. Aims and Objectives Materials and method It was a community based cross sectional study, undertaken at Sultanpalya area of Urban Health Training Centre of Dr B.R Ambedkar Medical College Results Children who were not taken to booth during 1st round of PPI were 616 (36.7%) and those who were not taken to the booth for the 2nd round of PPI were 1554 (92.8%). Of the 1554 children who did not attend the 2nd round of PPI, 1273(81.9%) were completely immunized, of whom maximum number of 375 (24.1%) belonged to 3–4 years of age group. Of these 1554, 260 (16.7%) were partially immunized and only 21 (1.3%) were unimmunized. The literacy status of the mothers was significantly associated with the number of children who did not attend the pulse polio. The mothers of 52.3% of the children who did not attend the pulse polio booth, were illiterateand is statistically significant (95% CI 49–54). Conclusion The study shows that the mothers who were educated up to primary or high school knew that the PPI had door to door visit by the health worker on the second and third day; hence they were not bringing the children to the booth on the first day of PPI. We need to educate the community on taking the responsibility of availing the health services being provided by the Government. In spite of these drawbacks we have been able to achieve the elimination of Polio Virus from India and are on the verge of eradication Top Keywords Pulse Polio Immunization, Children Less than 5years, Literacy Status. Top |