Improving rates of maternal immunization: challenges and opportunities

DM MacDougall, SA Halperin - Human vaccines & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: An increasing number of vaccines are recommended or are being developed for
use during pregnancy to protect women, fetuses, and/or newborns. For vaccines that are …

Increased awareness and health care provider endorsement is required to encourage pregnant women to be vaccinated

J Collins, I Alona, R Tooher… - Human vaccines & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Maternal immunization is an important strategy recommended to protect both mothers and
infants from serious infectious diseases; however uptake of maternal immunization is poor in …

Knowledge and attitiudes of pregnant women and their providers towards recommendations for immunization during pregnancy

CM Healy, MA Rench, DP Montesinos, N Ng… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) and influenza vaccination is
recommended during each pregnancy but uptake is suboptimal. We evaluated knowledge …

Vaccination during pregnancy: A golden opportunity to embrace

E Amaral, D Money, D Jamieson… - … of Gynecology & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunization strategies are part of routine pregnancy care to prevent infectious diseases in
the mother, the fetus, and the newborn. Maternal immunization recommendations followed …

Vaccination during pregnancy: Canadian maternity care providers' opinions and practices

E Dubé, D Gagnon, K Kaminsky, CR Green… - Human Vaccines & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A number of countries have implemented vaccination in pregnancy as a
strategy to reduce the burden of influenza and pertussis. The aim of this study was to assess …

The safety of maternal immunization

AK Regan - Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Maternal vaccination offers the opportunity to protect pregnant women and their infants
against potentially serious disease. As both pregnant women and their newborns are …

Predictors of maternal vaccination in the United States: An integrative review of the literature

KL Myers - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this literature review was to identify, analyze, and synthesize
existing research related to patient, provider, and health system predictors of maternal …

Vaccinations for pregnant women

GK Swamy, RP Heine - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
In the United States, eradication and reduction of vaccine-preventable diseases through
immunization has directly increased life expectancy by reducing mortality. Although …

Uptake of vaccination in pregnancy

M Sebghati, A Khalil - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Maternal immunisation is a public health strategy that aims to provide protection against
certain infections to both mother and her foetus or newborn child. Vaccination of pregnant …

Understanding barriers and predictors of maternal immunization: Identifying gaps through an exploratory literature review

CS Lutz, W Carr, A Cohn, L Rodriguez - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices recommends that
all pregnant women receive the seasonal influenza vaccine and the tetanus toxoid …