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- Title
Attitudes and Practices of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Accredited Social Health Activists in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Regarding Polio Immunization in India.
- Authors
Thacker, Naveen; Choudhury, Panna; Gargano, Lisa M.; Weiss, Paul S.; Pazol, Karen; Vashishtha, Vipin M.; Bahl, Sunil; Jafari, Hamid S.; Kumar, Amod; Arora, Manisha; Venczel, Linda; Orenstein, Walter A.; Omer, Saad B.; Hughes, James M.
- Abstract
Although India was removed from the list of polio endemic countries in January 2012, maintaining the focus on polio vaccination is critically important to prevent reintroduction of the virus. In 2009–2010, we conducted a study to assess the attitudes and practices of frontline health workers in India regarding polio immunization in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. More than 95% of auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) and accredited social health activists (ASHAs) agreed that polio supplementary immunization campaigns helped in increasing acceptance of all vaccines. The majority of ANMs (60–70%) and ASHAs (56–71%) believed that polio immunization activities benefitted or greatly benefitted other activities they were carrying out. Less than 5% of ANMs and ASHAs felt they were very likely to face resistance when promoting or administering polio vaccine. This study provides information that may be useful for programs in other countries for polio eradication and in India for measles elimination.
- Subjects
UTTAR Pradesh (India); BIHAR (India); MIDWIVES; SOCIAL health maintenance organizations; PUBLIC health; POLIOMYELITIS vaccines; IMMUNIZATION
- Publication
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2013, Vol 59, Issue 4, p266
- ISSN
0142-6338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tropej/fmt008