Vaccine Hesitancy in Measles-Rubella Campaign in a Tertiary Care Hospital
| Autor: | Barathy, Chandrasegaran, Prabha, Siva, N, Shivaramakrishna Babji, Kittu, Devi, Bairavi, Manju, Sriram , Pothapregada |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 53, Iss 1 (2022) Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics; Vol. 53 No. 1 (2022) Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics; Vol. 53 N.º 1 (2022) Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2184-4453 2184-3333 |
| DOI: | 10.25754/pjp.2022.22083 |
| Popis: | Introduction and Objectives: The Government of India conducted a mass measles-rubella (MR) vaccination phase-1 campaign (2017) in five states/union territories. However, this campaign had met with resistance from the public with several rumours circulating on media. The present study was conducted to know the perception of parents regarding MR vaccine, reasons for the vaccine hesitancy, and information sources used to make decisions regarding vaccination. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 425 children. Parents/caretakers of every fifth child were interviewed using a pretested semi-structured standardized questionnaire adapted from the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) working model after written consent. Reasons for vaccine hesitancy were considered as the outcome variables. Descriptive statistics were used for calculating frequencies. Chi square test was used for comparing the variables between vaccine compliant and vaccine-hesitant groups; P Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 53 No. 1 (2022) |
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