Delayed vaccination and its predictors among children under 2?years in India: Insights from the national family health survey-4.
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SUBMITTER: Choudhary TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996155 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
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Delayed vaccination and its predictors among children under 2 years in India: Insights from the national family health survey-4.
Choudhary Tarun Shankar TS Reddy N Samarasimha NS Apte Aditi A Sinha Bireshwar B Roy Sudipto S Nair Nayana P NP Sindhu Kulandaipalayam Natarajan KN Patil Rutuja R Upadhyay Ravi Prakash RP Chowdhury Ranadip R
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<h4>Objective</h4>Delayed vaccination increases the susceptibility window for vaccine preventable diseases. Our analysis estimates the proportion of children between 10 and 23 months of age with delayed vaccination in India and the associated socio-demographic, maternal and child related factors.<h4>Methods</h4>We used individual level data from the National Family and Health Survey 4, conducted in 2015-2016. The primary outcome of the study was delayed vaccination for BCG, DPT- 1st dose and Mea ...[more]
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