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. 2002 Dec;17(4):412-9.
doi: 10.1093/heapol/17.4.412.

The role of public health programmes in reducing socioeconomic inequities in childhood immunization coverage

David Bishai  1 , Emi Suzuki, Michael McQuestion, Jyostnamoy Chakraborty, Michael Koenig
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The role of public health programmes in reducing socioeconomic inequities in childhood immunization coverage

David Bishai et al. Health Policy Plan. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: This paper asks whether intensive outreach services can eliminate socioeconomic differentials in vaccine coverage.

Methods: In 1990, the Matlab Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Project (MCH-FP) surveyed 4238 respondents in an intervention area that received outreach and 3708 respondents in a comparison area in rural Bangladesh. Interacted multiple regression methods assessed the degree to which various socioeconomic indicators predicted the probability of vaccine receipt in each area.

Results: Low parental schooling, small dwelling size and female gender were significantly associated with incomplete vaccination in the comparison area, where only the limited government services existed. Residence in the MCH-FP outreach area greatly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, the effects of these socioeconomic barriers to vaccine receipt.

Conclusions: Public health programmes utilizing outreach can reduce prevailing gender and socioeconomic differentials in vaccine receipt.

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