KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ABOUT MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA (MMR) IMMUNISATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS

Measles, mumps, and rubella are diseases caused by viruses. The viruses are easily spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You can become infected when you breathe in air or touch a surface contaminated with virus. The viruses can also be spread through contact with an infected person's saliva such as by sharing food, drinks or cigarettes or by kissing. The objective of the study is to find the level of knowledge and attitude of students and their parents about measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) Immunization. All the formulated hypotheses are made in null form for statistical testing. The survey method and simple random sampling technique are adopted. Samples are taken 200 students and 200 parents of same students from various government schools, government aided schools and private schools. Knowledge test and attitude scale about MMR Immunization is used in the study. Karl Pearson's Product- Moment Coefficient of correlationis used for the interpretation. Findings of the study are (i) High school students' knowledge and their parents' knowledge about measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) Immunization are low. (ii) High school students' attitude and their parents' attitude about measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) Immunization are high.