I am doing my thesis on assessment of immunization status in children in District swat. I will be using multistage stratified sampling technique.This will be a house hold survey.
The most common method is the one of the World Health Organisation.
you can contact immunisation Departmen at the ministry of Health In your country or WHO immunisation Department at WHO HQ in Geneva.
You can also use Lots Quality assessment Sampling (LQAS)which is also used to assess immunization coverage then you can focus on the children aged 12-23.You can get demos on youtube
Ref:
Tagbo, B.N., Eke, C.B., Omotowo, B.I., Onwuasigwe, C.N., Onyeka, E.B. and Mildred, U.O. (2014) Vaccination Coverage and Its Determinants in Children Aged 11 - 23 Months in an Urban District of Nigeria. World Journal of Vaccines, 4, 175-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/wjv.2014.44020.
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperDownload.aspx?paperID=50711
My take on this question is that immunization assessment can be done via survey method which I think will be very difficult to conduct and is a costly and time consuming exercise. You should contact EDO office of District Swat and get data from DHIS. You can also get data from district coordinator EPI District Swat, he must be in the District health office.
You should clarify the purpose of your thesis :
1/ Assess the coverage of immunization programs for children aged 12-23 months
This thesis is simple, inexpensive
Purpose: you could determine proportion % of each vaccine was administered to children and find out the influence factors ....
OR
2/ Assess status immune response after vaccination in infants 12-23 months.
This study requires many issues, such as it need much money to determine the status responding immune for each vaccin..., ethical research ...
Therefore you should consider carefully the purpose and thesis title
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