<![CDATA[This study assessed the Factors influencing uptake of national immunization programme among peoplein Chanchaga L.G.A., Niger state. Immunization has brought sound health to many children in theworld, reduced the agony experienced by parents during child rearing and reduced the mortality rateamong children. The purpose of this study was to examine cultural belief, fear of parents, religion, levelof service and uptake of national immunization programme among people in Chanchaga L.G.A., Nigerstate.Descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population comprised of allpeople in Chanchaga L.G.A., Niger state. A multistage sampling technique which consist of simplerandom sampling technique, purposive and convenience sampling technique was used to select 384respondents for this study. Questionnaire was validated by three experts in the Department of HealthPromotion and Environmental Health Education for data collection from the respondents. A reliabilitycoefficient (r) of 0.76 was obtained through split half method using Spearman Brown for analyzingdata generated. The inferential statistics of Chi-square was used to analyze the data collected for thepostulated null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level.The findings revealed that:1. Cultural belief of people is a significant factor influencing the uptake of National ImmunizationProgramme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State because the calculatedvalue 271.20 is greater than the table value 21.32. Fear of parents about immunization is a significant factor influencing the uptake of NationalImmunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State becausethe calculated value 175.76 is greater than the table value 21.33. level of coverage of service of people will significantly be a factor influencing the uptake of NationalImmunization Programme among people of Chanchaga Local Government Area, Niger State becausethe calculated chi-square value 247.09 is greater than critical table value of 21.03 (Cal χ2 val ˃ Tab χ2val)The study concluded that cultural belief, fear of parents, religious belief and level of service arefactors influencing the uptake of National Immunization Programme among people of ChanchagaLocal Government Area, Niger State. It was therefore recommended among others that there should be sensitization programme by health workers to community leaders and indigenes in villages in order topublicize the benefits of immunization, parents should be well informed by health workers or throughmedia before the start of immunization programmes to reduce the fear about immunization amongothers.]]>
