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Alternative Title:
Vaccine
Personal Author:
Arriola, Carmen S. ; Vasconez, Nancy ; Thompson, Mark ; Mirza, Sara ; Moen, Ann C. ; ... More +
Arriola, Carmen S. ; Vasconez, Nancy ; Thompson, Mark ; Mirza, Sara ; Moen, Ann C. ; Bresee, Joseph ; Talavera, Ivy ; Ropero, Alba María Less -
Description:
Background

Pregnant women are at risk of severe influenza disease and are a priority group for influenza vaccination programs. Nicaragua expanded recommendations to include influenza vaccination to all pregnant women in the municipality of Managua in 2013.

Methods

We carried out a survey among 1,807 pregnant women who delivered at public hospitals in the municipality of Managua to evaluate the uptake of influenza vaccination and factors associated with vaccination.

Results

We observed a high (71%) uptake of influenza vaccination among this population, with no differences observed by age, education or parity of the women. Having four antenatal visits and five or more visits were associated with receipt of influenza vaccination (AORs: 2.58; 95% CI: 1.15, 5.81, and 2.37; 95% CI: 1.12, 5.0, respectively). Also, receipt of influenza vaccination recommendation from a health care provider was positively associated with receipt of influenza vaccination (AOR: 14.22; 95% CI: 10.45, 19.33).

Conclusions

The successful expansion of influenza vaccination among pregnant women in the municipality of Managua may be due to ready access to free medical care and health care providers’ recommendation for vaccination at health care clinics that received influenza vaccine.


Subjects:
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Acceptability Adolescent Adult Female Hospitals, Public Humans Immunization Programs Influenza, Human Influenza Vaccines Pregnancy Pregnant Women Prenatal Care Vaccination Young Adult
Source:
Vaccine. 34(8):1086-1090.
Pubmed ID:
26782740
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5699213
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; U51GH001191/GH/CGH CDC HHS/United States
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; U51GH001191/GH/CGH CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Nicaragua
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:4310f0f58b2196094ec232f7e29115b33c54439cb6dca817aefb3da27157beff
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49950/cdc_49950_DS1.pdf
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