COMMUNITY RESPONSE TOWARDS POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS IN TEHSIL TAKHT E NASRATI OF DISTRICT KARAK

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To find out opinion and response of the community people towards anti-polio campaigns in the target area. STUDY DESIGN: A cross sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION: The research was conducted in Tehsil Takht e Nasrati of District Karak from 1st September 2012 to 28th February 2013. METHODOLOGY: The sample size for the study was 40 and the respondents for the study were head of households and were having children below 5 years of age. The sample respondents were residing in the study area from decades and were having enough knowledge about the norms, values, customs and beliefs of the study area which was very important for the study. RESULTS: Out of total 40 respondents, 85% answered that the goal of polio vaccination campaigns are to eradicate polio disease and nothing other than this. Similarly 22.5% respondents answered that religious clerics are negatively propagating the anti polio vaccines while the remaining 77.5% answered that religious clerics are not negatively propagating polio vaccines. CONCLUSION: Community people are taking polio vaccination positive. They are extending cooperation to the polio vaccination teams and are keen to eliminate this disease. The misconception about polio vaccination can be removed through educating the masses.