tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother
. 2022 Dec 19;2156229.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2156229. Online ahead of print.
Protecting pregnant people & infants against influenza: A landscape review of influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy and strategies for vaccine promotion
Annette K Regan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Alice Fiddian-Green[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Before COVID-19, influenza vaccines were the most widely recommended vaccine during pregnancy worldwide. In response to immunization during pregnancy, maternal antibodies offer protection against potentially life-threatening disease in both pregnant people and their infants up to six months of age. Despite this, influenza vaccine hesitancy is common, with few countries reporting immunization rates in pregnant people above 50%. In this review, we highlight individual, institutional, and social factors associated with influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy. In addition, we present an overview of the evidence evaluating interventions to address influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy. While some studies have indicated promising results, no single intervention has consistently effectively increased influenza vaccine uptake during pregnancy. Using a social-ecological model of health framework, future strategies addressing multiple levels of vaccine hesitancy will be needed to realize the potential health benefits of prenatal immunization programs.
Keywords: Influenza vaccine; immunization barriers; maternal immunization; pregnancy; prenatal vaccination; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine promotion.
. 2022 Dec 19;2156229.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2156229. Online ahead of print.
Protecting pregnant people & infants against influenza: A landscape review of influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy and strategies for vaccine promotion
Annette K Regan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Alice Fiddian-Green[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36535646
- DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2156229
Abstract
Before COVID-19, influenza vaccines were the most widely recommended vaccine during pregnancy worldwide. In response to immunization during pregnancy, maternal antibodies offer protection against potentially life-threatening disease in both pregnant people and their infants up to six months of age. Despite this, influenza vaccine hesitancy is common, with few countries reporting immunization rates in pregnant people above 50%. In this review, we highlight individual, institutional, and social factors associated with influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy. In addition, we present an overview of the evidence evaluating interventions to address influenza vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy. While some studies have indicated promising results, no single intervention has consistently effectively increased influenza vaccine uptake during pregnancy. Using a social-ecological model of health framework, future strategies addressing multiple levels of vaccine hesitancy will be needed to realize the potential health benefits of prenatal immunization programs.
Keywords: Influenza vaccine; immunization barriers; maternal immunization; pregnancy; prenatal vaccination; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine promotion.