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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Education of mothers may improve child health. We investigated whether maternal health literacy, a rapidly modifiable factor related to mother's education, was associated with children's receipt of vaccines in two underserved Indian communities.

Methods

Cross-sectional surveys in an urban and a rural site. We assessed health literacy using Indian child health promotion materials. The outcome was receipt of three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccine. We used multivariate logistic regression to investigate the relationship between maternal health literacy and vaccination status independently in each site. For both sites, adjusted models considered maternal age, maternal and paternal education, child sex, birth order, household religion and wealth qui

SUBMITTER: Johri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552929 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature