Enablers and barriers towards ensuring routine immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a qualitative study across five different states in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to disruption in delivering routine healthcare services including routine immunization (RI) worldwide. Understanding the enablers and barriers for RI services during a pandemic is critically important to develop context-appropriate strategies to ensure uninterrupted routine services.

Methods

A community-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in five different states of India, nested within an ongoing multicentric study on RI. Telephone in-depth interviews among 56 health workers were carried out and the data were analyzed using a content analysis method.

Results

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers encountered many challenges at the health system, community and individual

SUBMITTER: Patel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8903434 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature