TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Limaye, Dnyanesh
A1  - Limaye, Vaidehi
A1  - Fortwengel, Gerhard
T1  - A study to assess the vaccination coverage of university students in Mumbai, India
JF  - International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
N2  - Background: Immunization is the most cost-effective intervention for infectious diseases which are the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is a scarcity of information on the vaccination status of young adults and the role of socioeconomic conditions in India. Objectives: Present study explored the adult vaccination status and influence of income and education of parents on adult vaccination status in university students from Mumbai, India. 
Methods: On the basis of the eligibility criterion 149 students were selected for the present study. A total of 8 vaccines namely Tdap/DTP, Varicella, MMR, Influenza, Pneumococcal, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Meningococcal were included in this study for all the respondents. In addition to these vaccines, Human Papilloma Virus vaccine was also included for female respondents. 
Results: There were total of 149 (75 male and 74 females) respondents with the mean age of 21.5 years. The top 3 immunizations were Td/Tdap (97.3%), MMR (66.4%) and Hepatitis B (55%) among the respondents. Only 4 (5.5%) female respondents have been immunized against the HPV. Conclusions: Td/Tdap (97.3%) and MMR (66.4%) coverage was in line with the recommendations. For all the other vaccines the coverage was low varying from 5.5% to 35.4%. The vaccination coverage was better in respondents with higher educated and higher income parents. We suggest that patient education, planning by government for the implementation of policy for adult vaccination and involvement of physicians are must for better adult vaccination coverage.
KW  - Adult Vaccines
KW  - University Students
KW  - Income
KW  - Education
KW  - Mumbai
KW  - Impfung
KW  - Student
KW  - Mumbai
Y1  - 2017
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-10848
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1084
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1084
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
SP  - 2667
EP  - 2676
ER  -