Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-106

  Onnela, Jukka Pekka ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^b   Kahn, Anna Lea ^c   Ahmed, Danish ^d   Verma, Harish ^c   O'Malley, A James ^e   Bahl, Sunil ^d   Sutter, Roland W ^c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d National Polio Surveillance Project   (India)

^e DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^f Yale Institute for Network Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Social networks; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccine refusal

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

COMMUNICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLIOMYELITIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLIOMYELITIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREATMENT REFUSAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ERADICATION; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MALEGAON;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTS; POLIOMYELITIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 84957899599     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.024     Document Type: Article

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