Factors associated with a successful expansion of influenza vaccination among pregnant women in Nicaragua

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• Alternative Title:
  Vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Arriola, Carmen S. ; Vasconez, Nancy ; Thompson, Mark ; Mirza, Sara ; Moen, Ann C. ; Bresee, Joseph ; Talavera, Ivy ; Ropero, Alba María
• 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:
  Acceptability Adolescent Adult Female Hospitals, Public Humans Immunization Programs Influenza, Human Influenza Vaccines Pregnancy Pregnant Women Prenatal Care Vaccination Young Adult

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• 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
• Place as Subject:
  Nicaragua
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4310f0f58b2196094ec232f7e29115b33c54439cb6dca817aefb3da27157beff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49950/cdc_49950_DS1.pdf
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