A school-based intervention of screening a movie to increase hepatitis B vaccination levels among students in Uttar Pradesh, India: impact on knowledge, awareness, attitudes and vaccination levels.

The observed increases in HBV awareness, knowledge and vaccination levels in this study indicate that school-based interventions can be used to achieve higher vaccination coverage among Indian children. The documentary film was found to be an affordable tool for reaching large audiences. More studies are needed to validate the impact of this intervention and to explore its applicability to other social causes.