Niveditha Devasenapathy|Suparna Ghosh Jerath|Saket Sharma|Elizabeth Allen|Anuraj H Shankar|Sanjay Zodpey
Determinants of childhood immunisation coverage in urban poor settlements of Delhi, India: a cross-sectional study
Public Health Foundation of India|Institute of Public Health|Public Health Foundation of India|Institute of Public Health|Public Health Foundation of India|Institute of Public Health|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Harvard University|Public Health Foundation of India|Institute of Public Health
h3objectivesh3 aggregate data childhood immunisation urban settings may reflect coverage among urban poor study provides information complete childhood immunisation coverage among urban poor explores household neighbourhoodlevel determinants h3settingh3 urban poor community southeast district delhi india h3participantsh3 randomly sampled 1849 children aged 135 years 13 451 households 39 clusters cluster defined area covered community health worker 2 large urban poor settlements 1343 completed survey collected information regarding childhood immunisation bcg oral polio vaccine diphtheriapertussistetanus vaccine hepatitis b measles vaccination cards mothers recall used random intercept logistic regression explore sociodemographic determinants complete immunisation h3resultsh3 complete immunisation coverage 467 75 immunised odds complete vaccination 95 ci lower female children 070 055 089 muslim households 065 045 094 odds complete vaccination higher mother literate 16 115 216 child born within city 27 197 365 health facility 15 119 202 belonged highest wealth quintile compared poorest 246 15 402 possessed birth certificate 140 103 191 cluster effect due unmeasured neighbourhood factors expressed median 132 h3conclusionsh3 immunisation coverage urban poor area much lower regional surveys reporting overall urban data socioeconomic status household female illiteracy health awareness gender inequality important determinants coverage population hence addition enhancing infrastructure providing mother child services efforts also needed address issues order improve immunisation coverage deprived urban communities h3trial registration numberh3 ctri2011091000095