Abstract

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This study was conducted to assess acceptability of immunization among women of childbearing age in Taraba State, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, ex-post facto research design was used. A total sample of 400 women of child bearing age in Taraba state, Nigeria were selected from a population of 736,040 through multi-stage sampling procedures comprising of stratified sampling, simple random sampling, systematic sampling, and proportionate sampling techniques. The instrument used for the study was researcher developed close ended questionnaire. Out of the 400 copies of questionnaire distributed, 381 or 95.2% were retrieved and considered valid for analyses. Inferentialstatistics of one sample t-test was used to analyse the formulated hypothesis at 0.05probability level. The result revealed that acceptability of immunization by women of childbearing age in Taraba state is significant (p = 0.000). Based on the results, it was recommended that health educators should continue with outreaches programmes targeted at the communities so as to sustain the acceptance of immunization among women of childbearing age in Taraba state. This would also help to improve the acceptability of the vaccines as some do not complete the dosage as required.

Keywords: Acceptability, Immunization, Women of Child Bearing Age