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Pregnant women and their newborns are at elevated risk for influenza-associated hospitalization and death (1). The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have recommended influenza vaccination for all women who are or will be pregnant during the influenza season, regardless of trimester (1,2). To estimate influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women for the 2011?12 influenza season, CDC analyzed data from an Internet panel survey (3) conducted April 3?17, 2012, among women pregnant at any time during the 4-month period October 2011?January 2012. Among 1,660 survey respondents, 47.0% reported they had received influenza vaccination; 9.9% were vaccinated before pregnancy, 36.5% during pregnancy, and <1.0% after pregnancy. Overall, 43.7% of women reported receipt of both a health-care provider recommendation and offer of influenza vaccination; these women had higher vaccination coverage (73.6%) than women who received only a recommendation but no offer of vaccination (47.9%) and women who received neither a recommendation nor an offer (11.1%). Continued efforts are needed to encourage providers of medical care to routinely recommend and offer influenza vaccination to women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant.
To provide timely end-of-season estimates of influenza vaccination coverage and information on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to influenza vaccination among women pregnant during the 2011?12 influenza season, CDC conducted an Internet panel survey during April 3?17, 2012 that was similar to a survey conducted in April 2011 (3). Women aged 18?49 years who were pregnant at any time since August 2011 were recruited from a SurveySpot panel operated by Survey Sampling International.* Of 7,485 women who visited the Internet survey site during the study period, 2,223 were determined to be eligible for the survey based on the timing of their pregnancies; of those, 2,096 (94%) completed the online survey. Data were weighted to reflect the age group, racial/ethnic, and geographic distribution of the total U.S. population of pregnant women during 1995?2005.? The same questions used to determine pregnancy status in the April 2011 survey (3) were used in this survey. In addition, women pregnant since August 2011 but no longer pregnant at the time of their response were asked to provide the start and end months of pregnancy. For this analysis, the study population was limited to 1,660 women reporting pregnancy any time during the usual peak influenza vaccination period of October 2011?January 2012.
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To provide timely end-of-season estimates of influenza vaccination coverage and information on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to influenza vaccination among women pregnant during the 2011?12 influenza season, CDC conducted an Internet panel survey during April 3?17, 2012 that was similar to a survey conducted in April 2011 (3). Women aged 18?49 years who were pregnant at any time since August 2011 were recruited from a SurveySpot panel operated by Survey Sampling International.* Of 7,485 women who visited the Internet survey site during the study period, 2,223 were determined to be eligible for the survey based on the timing of their pregnancies; of those, 2,096 (94%) completed the online survey. Data were weighted to reflect the age group, racial/ethnic, and geographic distribution of the total U.S. population of pregnant women during 1995?2005.? The same questions used to determine pregnancy status in the April 2011 survey (3) were used in this survey. In addition, women pregnant since August 2011 but no longer pregnant at the time of their response were asked to provide the start and end months of pregnancy. For this analysis, the study population was limited to 1,660 women reporting pregnancy any time during the usual peak influenza vaccination period of October 2011?January 2012.
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