Open AccessVaccine hesitancy for childhood vaccinations in slum areas of Siliguri, India
Author(s) -
P.R. Dasgupta,
Sharmistha Bhattacherjee,
Abhijit Mukherjee,
Samir Dasgupta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_397_17
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , slum , vaccination schedule , context (archaeology) , public health , environmental health , family medicine , disadvantaged , immunization , population , geography , immunology , nursing , economic growth , archaeology , antigen , economics
Despite evidence regarding the beneficial effects of vaccines, vaccination uptake has not been up to the mark across the globe in various sociocultural and sociodemographic groups. Logistics and workforce have been issues of concern to public health managers, but the latent issue of vaccine hesitancy leading to vaccine delays and refusals has not been widely addressed particularly in the Indian context.