ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILDHOOD ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION AMONG MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD ATTENDING IBRAHIM TAIWO PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER OGBOMOSHO, OYO STATE

The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined immunization as the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine (WHO, 2020). This is used descriptive design to assessing the implementation of childhood routine immunization among mothers of children under 5 years old attending Ibrahim Taiwo Primary Health Center, Ogbomosho. Convenience sampling technique was used to recruit 204 respondents. Questionnaire with 0.718 reliability was used as the instrument of data collection. The responses were analyzed with descriptive statistics (frequency and tables) and influential statistics of chi-square to test the hypothesis. The findings showed that majority 105(51.4%) of the respondents falls between 26-30 years of age, while majority 172 (84.3%) agreed that they have heard about childhood routine immunization. Almost 202(99.0%) of all the respondents agreed that vaccination is important. Majority also 152(74.5%) rated the attitudes of the staff in the ANC clinic as unfriendly. Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance which revealed that there is a significant relationship between the occupation and the uptake of childhood routine immunization and also there is association between educational status and uptake of childhood routine immunization. In conclusion the findings revealed that the respondents have good knowledge and attitude towards childhood routine immunization. Word counts: 224 words Keywords: Assessment, Childhood Routine Immunization, Implementation, Mothers.