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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2013 Sep 25. pii: S0264-410X(13)01193-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.081. [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza vaccination during pregnancy: Coverage rates and influencing factors in two urban districts in Sydney.
Maher L, Hope K, Torvaldsen S, Lawrence G, Dawson A, Wiley K, Thomson D, Hayen A, Conaty S.
Source
NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Ministry of Health, 73 Miller Street, North Sydney 2060, Australia; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia. Electronic address: lmahe@doh.health.nsw.gov.au.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Pregnant women have an increased risk of complications from influenza. Influenza vaccination during pregnancy is considered effective and safe; however estimates of vaccine coverage are low. This study aimed to determine influenza vaccination coverage and factors associated with vaccine uptake in pregnant women in two Sydney-based health districts.
METHODS:
A random sample of women who delivered a baby in a public hospital in Sydney and South-Western Sydney Local Health Districts between June and September 2012 were surveyed using a computer assisted telephone interviewing service.
RESULTS:
Of the 462 participants (participation rate 92%), 116 (25%) reported receiving the influenza vaccine during their pregnancy. In univariate analysis, vaccination coverage varied significantly depending on antenatal care type, hospital of birth, and parity (p<0.05), but not for age category, highest level of education, country of birth, language spoken at home, or Aboriginal status. Women who received antenatal care through a general practitioner (GP) had 2.3(95% CI 1.4-3.6) times the odds (unadjusted) of receiving the influenza vaccination than those who received their antenatal care through a public hospital. The main reason cited for vaccination was GP recommendation (37%), while non-recommendation (33%) and lack of knowledge (26%)were cited as main reasons for not receiving the vaccination. 30% of women recalled receiving a provider recommendation for the vaccination and these women had 33.0 times the odds (unadjusted) of receiving the vaccination than women who had not received a recommendation. In a multivariate model a provider recommendation was the only variable that was significantly associated with vaccination (OR 41.9; 95% CI 20.7-84.9).
CONCLUSION:
Rates of influenza vaccination during pregnancy are low. There is a significant relationship between healthcare provider recommendation for the vaccination and vaccine uptake. Increasing provider recommendation rates has the potential to increase coverage rates of influenza vaccination in pregnant women.
Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Influenza, Pregnancy, Provider recommendation, Vaccine
PMID:
24076176
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24076176
Influenza vaccination during pregnancy: Coverage rates and influencing factors in two urban districts in Sydney.
Maher L, Hope K, Torvaldsen S, Lawrence G, Dawson A, Wiley K, Thomson D, Hayen A, Conaty S.
Source
NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Ministry of Health, 73 Miller Street, North Sydney 2060, Australia; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia. Electronic address: lmahe@doh.health.nsw.gov.au.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Pregnant women have an increased risk of complications from influenza. Influenza vaccination during pregnancy is considered effective and safe; however estimates of vaccine coverage are low. This study aimed to determine influenza vaccination coverage and factors associated with vaccine uptake in pregnant women in two Sydney-based health districts.
METHODS:
A random sample of women who delivered a baby in a public hospital in Sydney and South-Western Sydney Local Health Districts between June and September 2012 were surveyed using a computer assisted telephone interviewing service.
RESULTS:
Of the 462 participants (participation rate 92%), 116 (25%) reported receiving the influenza vaccine during their pregnancy. In univariate analysis, vaccination coverage varied significantly depending on antenatal care type, hospital of birth, and parity (p<0.05), but not for age category, highest level of education, country of birth, language spoken at home, or Aboriginal status. Women who received antenatal care through a general practitioner (GP) had 2.3(95% CI 1.4-3.6) times the odds (unadjusted) of receiving the influenza vaccination than those who received their antenatal care through a public hospital. The main reason cited for vaccination was GP recommendation (37%), while non-recommendation (33%) and lack of knowledge (26%)were cited as main reasons for not receiving the vaccination. 30% of women recalled receiving a provider recommendation for the vaccination and these women had 33.0 times the odds (unadjusted) of receiving the vaccination than women who had not received a recommendation. In a multivariate model a provider recommendation was the only variable that was significantly associated with vaccination (OR 41.9; 95% CI 20.7-84.9).
CONCLUSION:
Rates of influenza vaccination during pregnancy are low. There is a significant relationship between healthcare provider recommendation for the vaccination and vaccine uptake. Increasing provider recommendation rates has the potential to increase coverage rates of influenza vaccination in pregnant women.
Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Influenza, Pregnancy, Provider recommendation, Vaccine
PMID:
24076176
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24076176