?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Immunization+Coverage+of+Optional+Vaccines&rft.creator=Padda%2C+P&rft.creator=Kaur%2C+H&rft.creator=Kaur%2C+A&rft.creator=Kaur%2C+H&rft.creator=Jhajj+%2C+K&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+Immunization+is+a+simple+preventive+service.+Routine+immunization+is+provided+free+of+charge+in+India.+The+other+additional+vaccines+are+available+as+optional.+Therefore%2C+present+study+was+designed+to+assess+the+coverage+of+optional+vaccines+in+urban+and+rural+setting+of+Amritsar+district.+Material+and+Methods%3A+The+present+study+was+a+community+based+cross-sectional+study+conducted+in+the+catchment+area+of+department+of+Community+Medicine%2C+Sri+Guru+Ram+Das+Institute+of+Medical+Sciences+and+Research%2C+Amritsar.+All+the+children+in+the+age+group+of+24-60+months+were+included+in+the+study.+Coverage+of+each+vaccine+was+computed.+Analysis+of+association+between+immunization+coverage+and+various+socio-demographic+variables+was+done+using+chi+square+test.+Results%3A+Out+of+the+total+children+included+in+the+study+53.9%25+were+males+and+46.1%25+were+females.+Coverage+in+males+was+significantly+higher+as+compared+to+females.+The+difference+of+immunization+among+the+rural+and+urban+population+was+found+to+be+highly+significant.+Conclusions%3A+This+study+highlights+the+need+to+accelerate+efforts+in+improving+the+immunization+coverage+for+optional+vaccines+particularly+in+rural+areas.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-07-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8896%2F1%2F2012-2-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Padda%2C+P+and+Kaur%2C+H+and+Kaur%2C+A+and+Kaur%2C+H+and+Jhajj+%2C+K++(2012)+Immunization+Coverage+of+Optional+Vaccines.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8896%2F