THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS BASIC IMMUNIZATION COMPLETENESS IN INFANTS IN CIMALAKA DISTRICT IN 2022

Abstract

The immunization program is part of basic health services. This program is also part of an effort to accelerate the breaking of the chain of transmission of PD3I (Diseases that can be prevented by immunization). To find out the relationship of knowledge and attitudes of mothers towards the completeness of basic immunizations in babies. The method used is quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. The study sample was mothers who had babies of 9-12 months in Cimalaka District, which totaled 81 people. The sampling technique is proportional random sampling. This study shows that, maternal knowledge is in the good category, namely (42.0%), and maternal attitudes are also in the good category (55.6%). Using the Chi square statistical test where the degree of confidence used is 95% and α = 0.05, a p value for knowledge of 0.022 and an attitude with (p value = 0.007) is obtained. So that the null hypothesis was rejected or in other words statistically it turned out to be a proven relationship between maternal knowledge and attitudes with the completeness of basic immunizations. From this study there is a relationship between knowledge and the attitude of mothers towards the completeness of basic immunizations in babies. The advice in this study is that health workers are expected to continue to carry out counseling activities regarding basic immunization to mothers who have babies.