Association between maternal health literacy and child vaccination in India: a cross-sectional study

2015114 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Mira Johri · Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

S. V. Subramanian

Marie‐Pierre Sylvestre · Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

Sakshi Dudeja · Pratham

Dinesh Chandra · Pratham

Georges Karna Koné · Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

Jitendar Sharma · Government of India

Abstract

In these study settings, maternal health literacy is independently associated with child vaccination. Initiatives targeting health literacy could improve vaccination coverage.

Topics & Keywords

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Global Maternal and Child Health Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Volume 69, Issue 9, pp. 849-857

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205436

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