Open AccessVaccine Resistance-Vantage Point from Health Professionals of South India
Author(s) -
Kanniyan Binub,
Govindaraj,
Sheela P. Haveri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i1131244
Subject(s) - vaccination , government (linguistics) , psychological intervention , public relations , the internet , social media , resistance (ecology) , developing country , listing (finance) , medicine , political science , economic growth , business , nursing , computer science , immunology , world wide web , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , economics , law , biology , finance
Background: Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing infectious diseases. Early success brought widespread acceptance and mass vaccination campaigns have greatly reduced the incidence of many diseases in numerous geographic regions.
Objectives: To study the perspective of health professionals regard to barriers and solution for vaccination program in a district of South Kerala.
Materials and Methods: A qualitative study design was done using free listing technique for both barriers and solutions. The data was entered into notepad and was transferred to Visual Anthropac software trial version. The software helped to generate ten important free lists of barriers and solutions with percentage, rank and Smith S value.
Results: The present study had discussed regarding trust of western countries promoting vaccination and conspiracy theories related to them. The work of antivaccine lobby globally was debated. The controversy of MMR Autism and political will of different countries were deliberated. The role of media especially impact social media and internet had paved pathway for swift spread of contents.
Conclusion: Major interventions should be planned systematically by the government to address barriers for immunization. Strengthening Information education and communication (IEC) over digital media using appropriate technology should be engrossed for sustaining vaccine coverage.