ABSTRACT

This surely ilZ7 the awareness and attitudes of nursing mothers toward childhood iFl'Zon in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja; implications J guidance rz cr es: TI-z: her used descriptive survey research design. Seven speci, objectives and research questions were raised by the researcher. Fo hyporheses gzstudy. A sample of four hundred (400.) nursing mothers u; selec r-e ci froFr4 wards of Gwagwalada Area Council oJ peT Ahuja usi. purposive subprocedure. The instruments employed in the study for de colle crr i cr rr -.vatructured twenty (20) item questionnaire, ruled; Awarenc and Arrirudesng Mothers towards Childhood ImlnulZizacion Questionnaire (AA.LA-fCIQj'utlny of face, construct and contenrvaLidiLy of the research. instr res-rr-e rz r vcnined by the supervisors and other e.:xperrs in the Department Guidance and counselling. The reliability of the instrument }-Vas determined the r e s » re-cell reliability. Using Pearson's Producer _A,f cement Correia tit CoefficielZc, gave a result, which showed the reliability co-efficient and. value of 0_ 7!,.research instrument. The research questions were answered. through-z cIze statistical mean scores, frequencies and percentages. MANOJ; and c-resc scarethods of data analysis were used to cesc the four Hypotheses The finding. that: that there is no significant difference in the awareness of n using F71l childhood immunization due to their Locations; that there is significant e in the attitudes of nursing m(1chers cowards childhood imrnunizacio their locations; that there is a significant difference in tl aW(TreneSS og mothers towards childhood immunization due to the educationaltions and that awareness was highest along nursing mother. will I'ZO formation and lowest among nursing Inochers with secondary edu crcr r i cr rr : 7 concluded that locations and educational qualifications a not rz-e a-e s-s science nursing mothers' attitudes towards ilnlnunization. Sequ. to rIze filZdiftis study, it was recommended along ochers that nursing memorizers sh(more educated concerning their children immunization L he(TLrh JVorK:ztter their locations