Comparison of attitudes about polio, polio immunization, and barriers to polio eradication between primary health center physicians and private pediatricians in India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

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

^a Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)   (India)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d WHO   (India)

^e ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eradication; India; Indian Academy of Pediatrics; Polio; Primary health centers

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SUPERSTITION; TELECONSULTATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84860356096     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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