Attitudes of pediatricians and primary health center physicians in India concerning routine immunization, barriers to vaccination, and missed opportunities to vaccinate

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gargano, Lisa M ^a   Thacker, Naveen ^b   Choudhury, Panna ^b   Weiss, Paul S ^c   Pazol, Karen ^d   Bahl, Sunil ^e   Jafari, Hamid S ^e   Arora, Manisha ^f   Orenstein, Walter A ^a   Hughes, James M ^a   Omer, Saad B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indian Academy of Pediatrics   (India)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e WHO   (India)

^f ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Attitudes; India; Missed opportunities; Physicians; Routine immunization

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEASLES; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VACCINES;

EID: 84858145614     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182433bb3     Document Type: Article

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