RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IMMUNIZATION BASIC WITH COMPLETE BASIC IMMUNIZATION IN THE WORK AREA OF TAREMPA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ANAMBAS ISLANDS REGENCY 2024

Abstract

Lack of maternal knowledge about the need, completeness, fear of immunization and the existence of misperceptions are common. However, the most influential is due to the mother's ignorance of the importance of immunization. This study uses a quantitative research type with a Total Sample design. The study was conducted at 3 integrated health posts under the working area of ​​the Tarempa Health Center, namely the Tarempa Barat Daya Integrated Health Post, the Sri Tanjung Integrated Health Post and the Tarempa Selatan Integrated Health Post of 35 toddlers, more than half of the toddlers received complete basic immunization. The study was conducted to determine the frequency distribution of maternal knowledge about basic immunization in, to determine the frequency distribution of complete basic immunization in infants, to analyze the relationship between maternal knowledge and complete basic immunization in infants at the Sri Tanjung Integrated Health Post, the Southwest Integrated Health Post and the Tarempa Selatan Integrated Health Post, South Tarempa Village, Anambas Islands Regency in 2024. This study obtained a p value of 0.030 <0.05. This study shows that there is a relationship between maternal knowledge and complete basic immunization in toddlers at the Tarempa Health Center. need to provide socialization as an effort to increase mothers' knowledge about immunization to increase mothers' knowledge about immunization.