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Vaccine among Pregnant Women in Thailand
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Feb 05 2016
Source: Vaccine. 34(18):2141-2146. -
Alternative Title:Vaccine
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Description:Background
In 2009, Thailand recommended pregnant women be prioritized for influenza vaccination. Vaccine uptake among Thai pregnant women is lower than other high-risk groups.
Methods
During December 2012-April 2013, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of Thai pregnant women aged ≥15 years attending antenatal clinics at public hospitals in 8 of 77 provinces. A self-administered questionnaire covered knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs related to influenza vaccination using the Health Belief Model. We examined factors associated with willingness to be vaccinated using log-binomial regression models.
Results
The survey was completed by 1,031 (96%) of 1,072 pregnant women approached. A total of 627 (61%) women had heard about influenza vaccine and were included in the analysis, of whom 262 (42%) were willing to be vaccinated, 155 (25%) had received a healthcare provider recommendation for influenza vaccination and 25 (4%) had received the influenza vaccine during the current pregnancy. In unadjusted models, high levels of perceptions of susceptibility (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.5, 95% CI 1.2–2.0), high levels of belief in the benefits of vaccination (PR 2.3, 95% CI 1.7–3.1), moderate (PR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2–2.3) and high (PR 3.4, 95% CI 2.6–4.5) levels of encouragement by others to be vaccinated (i.e., cues to action) were positively associated with willingness to be vaccinated. Moderate (PR 0.5, 95% CI 0.4–0.7) and high levels of (PR 0.5, 95% CI 0.4–0.8) perceived barriers were negatively associated with willingness to be vaccinated. In the final adjusted model, only moderate (PR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1–2.0) and high levels of cues to action (PR 2.7, 95% CI 2.0–3.6) were statistically associated with willingness to be vaccinated.
Conclusion
Cues to action were associated with willingness to be vaccinated and can be used to inform communication strategies during the vaccine campaign to increase influenza vaccination among Thai pregnant women.
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Pubmed ID:26854910
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4811693
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