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Sevcrnl steps ,,-ere Lakcn 10 ensure validity of the datn. Relevant questions \\Crc de, eloped.

\\h1h: 1he focus group discussion guide, health \\Orkers nnd mothers' qucs1ionno1rc� ,..-ere re\ ^iC\\t-d )C\'Cral umes by the supervisor who had a ,, colth of experience in the field The researcher ^u111i1ed the services of a medical stn11sucinn nnd o hcnl1h cduca1or ¹⁰ rcvic" the 1nMrwnenb for face and content validity The fact that the stud) population ^\\11S selected from the mothers 1n the general popul:ition sho\\ed that the rcsul15 \\Ould rcn1nin ,11Jid

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All three lll)lrumcnts ,,ere prc-1cs1ed 1n U,CJII nnd Somolu 1.0 \) ,,h1ch hJd \1m1lllt h th LG,.� ^L- 1nu i.ludicJ ¹⁰ ensure clarit) of each qucsuon 1 he pre-tcSb \\Crc C 3.rO.ClCnSllCS D.S C ru '"" ^{c, '}

cd od r ^SI'< days ⁵ ..,.ndrng t\\O do)·) rcspcctl\cl) on each instrument r\\ent)

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tight (28) mothers panicipatcd 1n tl1c questionnaire intervie\\'S, \\•rule 1,velvc health \\·orkers \\ere utilized for the pre-test of their questionnaire.

Some adjustments nnd corrections \Vere mode on the instruments after the pre-tests. On the focus group discussion guide question 4 requested for "institutions". but the n101hers asked for it to be chungcd to "places". The mothers also asked for question 7 ¹⁰ be rephrased, \\'hich ^\\as

subsequently done.

Further corrections included question 9 of Section 13 on the mothers' questionnaire in

\\hich mothers felt that the list of the diseases should be expanded ¹⁰ include poliomyelitis. ond

"hooping cough. For question IO in the same section, the mothers requested that the question be rephrased to listing the diseases according to the 1n1munizotion schedule. \vhilc for section 0. the l\\'O questions (25 nnd 27) ,nay not receive s1nccn: answers ns they related ¹⁰ the health \\Orkers

\\ho \\ere present ,vith them. They ^\YCre assured of their confiden1ialit} since the health ,vorkers

\\Ould not be din.--ctly involved ,,ith the o.dministrotion or 1.hc final i ^ns truments.

Corrections from the pre-test of tl1c hcohh ,vorkcrs qucstionnoire sho\\'Cd lh111 health

\\Orkcrs felt question 7 \\'Ould not hove right or ,vrong nns,,ers, ,,·hile giving n negoti\e W\S\\er ¹⁰ question 9 should not be const.rued as on indictment on their job since they should 001 ^be dircc11}

held responsible for lock of vaccines. Lnstly, they fell 1h01 question 15 ,vos not ncccssnry since it

".IS the federal Government of Nigeria that supplies them ,vith the ,·nccincs

To confirm the reliability of the instrun1ent, test-retest nnalysis ,vns done using the C ^ro nbach's olphn coefficient of the S1.1nis1ieal Pnckngc for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result of the Mnlysis of the data collected for the pre-test of the mothers' questionnaire \\US 0.7556,\\hilc that for the health \\-Orkers ,vas 0.6394 ,vluch sho,,cd that the iJ\Struments ^\\'ere reliable. Reports of the pre-tests of FGD indicate its reliability ns the questions \\'Crc clear and ^\\'CII under..tood, Appropriate corrections ,vcre ^mode on the questionnojrcs nnd focus group discussion guide before the i ^ns truments \\Crc nd ^r ninistcrcd in the selected LGAs

PROCEDURE FOR D,\'rA COLLECflON

· l ho ,,ere tcchnicol staff of the Notional Programme on 1\vo research ru.s1ston s ,v

· d d trnined for one day on hO\\' to gn1her the required dota. The lmmuni1.:1tion (NPI) ,vcrc recnutc o.n

. . . . . r b ctives of the re\enrch, the importru1cc of collecting ,·nJ1d trn1n1ng included n deuuled bne on ° ^�c

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data, sampling methods, interpersonal skills during intervie,..,-s and discussions, proper recording.

and sorting out completed qucstionn:urcs. These nssislllnlS ,,ere experienced hnnds 1n lhe field, but the researcher further tc�lcd their skill by utili7jng them during pre-tests in one of the LO As.

Before the survey conlfficnccd, lhe rcscnrchcr sought o.nd obtained pem1ission from the tvlcdicul Officers of I leollh (MOl ls) of thc LGAs. The assistance of the Locol Immunization Officers (LIOs) of the LGAs could not be quantified especioJly in arranging venues for the discussions. nnd selcelion of mothers nod hcollh ,,-orkcrs 10 pnrticipote in the stud). using oppro\'ed criteria.

The focus group discussions ,vere conducted during Lhe immunizntion sessions, using the available spoce ol the bock of tJ1c roon1s. l11e questions on the focus group discussion guide ,vere asked and the ons ,vers ,vere Lhen recorded and later transcribed. The questionnaires ,,·ere initially distributed to the selected molhers ,vho ,vere then asked to complete 1hen1. Those of them ,..,ho

,,en: not literate in English language ,,-ere given the Yorubo version of the questionnaires to complete The henlth ,.,.orkcrs also con1plctcd their o\\n questionnoircs, seeking clarificnuons fron1 the rcscorcher ond ossistonts ,, hen necessary.

DATA �'IANAGEi\lENT ANO ^1\ 1\LYSE

Daill collected f ^ro m the field \\'ere rc, ^r ic\\Cd ond analyzed. The completed questionnaires

\\CJ"C verified doily oner cnrcfully sorting then1 out. Coding of the open-coded questions ^\\'OS done and oil the qucsuonnoircs ,\ere coded scrioll). TI1cy \\'ere collated, coded and fed into the computer. Data analyses '"ere done using the Sllllistical Package for Social Sciences. Oc!.criptivc Slllltstics ^\\'OS utili?..cd to annly-LC some of the variables, ,.,.hile the results \\'ere presented in lllbles nnd charts for belier understanding. Anal)�S of the kno,vlcdgc questions ,,ere done using a 16-point scale, oner ,.,.hich the 1nean score of the group ,,as obt.oincd. The f'GDs "'ere aJso transcribed and then anulyzcd using o thematic approach.

ETIIIC;\L CONSIOEllATION

Th _c gencro II y occcp ^l ed scientific principles ond intcmationnl cthicol guidelines r,:quin:d 1n h um:m subJccts \\'ere 1no1n ,un · 1 · ed throunhout the duration of the research Before the data ., ,,a.,

. . . I t and obtained from Lhc Local Go\'crnment au1hont) directly collected, pcnn1ss1on ,vas soug ¹

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responsible for immunization. The �lcdical Officers for I lcallh go,c pcnnission 10 their Local Immunization officers to further assist the researcher in organization and ma ⁿ agement of the motheri, os \\CII as other hcoJ1h \\'Orkers. Verbal i ⁿ formed consent of 1J1c mothers Md hcollh

\,,,rkcrs ,verc obtained before they ,,ere enlisted to participate in the study. They \Vere assured of the protection of their righLS during Md ofter dato ga1hering. ,vhile assuring them of ^t heir contidcntiolity. and voluntary participatio ⁿ in the study. TI1ey ^\\,Cl\: then told 1h01 they could

\,ithdm\v their conse ⁿ t freely if they so desired. Names \\'Cre n ^o t used o ⁿ the questionnoires such

that respondents felt more confide ⁿ t 10 respond 10 Lhe questions.