Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Feb 21;9(2):183.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020183.

Enhancement of Vaccination Attitude and Flu Vaccination Coverage among Pregnant Women Attending Birthing Preparation Course

Stefania Bruno  1   2 , Brigida Carducci  1   2 , Gianluigi Quaranta  1   2 , Viria Beccia  2 , Andrea Di Pilla  2 , Daniele Ignazio La Milia  1 , Marcello Di Pumpo  2 , Elettra Carini  2 , Lucia Masini  1   2 , Enrica Tamburrini  1   2 , Antonietta Spadea  3 , Gianfranco Damiani  1   2 , Antonio Lanzone  1   2 , Patrizia Laurenti  1   2
Affiliations

Enhancement of Vaccination Attitude and Flu Vaccination Coverage among Pregnant Women Attending Birthing Preparation Course

Stefania Bruno et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

Most vaccinations are recommended within the 15th month of life, in order to reduce risks and to protect children from the initial stages of their lives. A vaccination training session was carried out during the birthing preparation course, aimed at increasing the attitude toward vaccination in maternal-child age. A questionnaire on vaccination awareness was administered before and after the training session and on-site flu vaccination was offered to women and their companions. The percentage of participants who consider the preparatory course a useful tool to obtain information about vaccines increases significantly from 30.34% at pre-intervention to 64.56% at post-intervention (p < 0.001). There is a significant increase in the mean number of vaccinations that the participants want their children to get. The number of participants believing that there is no relationship between vaccination and autism rose from 41.05 to 72.97% (p < 0.001). In total, 48 out of 119 (40.34%) pregnant women participating in the course and 39 companions were vaccinated for influenza. Vaccination knowledge and attitude significantly increased after a training session dedicated to vaccination as a part of the pregnant pre-birth course, whose aim can be therefore extended to the management of the health of the child, well beyond the period of pregnancy, according to the life-course approach to health.

Keywords: awareness; birthing preparation course; flu vaccinations; on-site vaccinations; pregnant women.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

    1. Ministero Della Salute Ministero Della Salute–Vaccinazioni Raccomandate per Le Donne in Età Fertile e in Gravidanza—21/11/2018. [(accessed on 27 May 2020)];2018 Available online: http://www.trovanorme.salute.gov.it/norme/renderNormsanPdf?anno=2018&cod....
    1. World Health Organization Vaccines Against Influenza WHO Position Paper—November 2012. [(accessed on 28 August 2020)];Relev. Epidemiol. Hebd. 2012 87:461–476. Available online: https://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer8747.pdf. - PubMed
    1. ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) Pregnancy Guidelines and Recommendations by Vaccine | CDC. [(accessed on 30 May 2020)];2016 Aug; Available online: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pregnancy/hcp-toolkit/guidelines.html.
    1. Rizzo C., Rezza G., Ricciardi W. Strategies in recommending influenza vaccination in Europe and US. Hum. Vaccin. Immunother. 2017;14:693–698. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1367463. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Jarrett C., Wilson R., O’Leary M., Eckersberger E., Larson H.J. Strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy—A systematic review. Vaccine. 2015;33:4180–4190. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.040. - DOI - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources