Practices of obstetrician-gynecologists regarding nonvaccine-related public health recommendations during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Obstet Gynecol
• Personal Author:
  Rasmussen, Sonja A. ; Power, Michael L. ; Jamieson, Denise J. ; Williams, Jennifer ; Schulkin, Jay ; Kahn, Emily B. ; Zhang, Yujia ; MacFarlane, Kitty ; Kissin, Dmitry M.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE ; We examined practices of obstetrician-gynecologists regarding nonvaccine-related public health recommendations during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. ; STUDY DESIGN ; From February to May 2010, a survey was sent to a random sample of members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists involved in obstetric care. ; RESULTS ; Obstetrician-gynecologists varied in their adherence to 2009 H1N1 influenza public health recommendations. Nearly all reported prescribing antiviral medications to pregnant women with suspected influenza. Most obstetrician-gynecologists reported using preventive practices in the outpatient setting to reduce exposure of well patients to ill ones. A wide range of responses was provided regarding postpartum infection control practices, suggesting lack of awareness of, disagreement with, or difficulty adhering to these recommendations. ; CONCLUSION ; Obstetrician-gynecologists reported that they adhered to some recommendations related to 2009 H1N1 influenza, but not to others. These data provide insight into strategies for development and dissemination of recommendations in a future pandemic.
• Keywords:
  • infection control
  • influenza
  • nonpharmaceutical interventions
  • pandemic
  • pregnancy
  • treatment
  • 2009 H1N1
  • Adult
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Female
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• Source:
  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 207(4):294.e1-294.e7
• Pubmed ID:
  22921096
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5823252
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U65 PS000813/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UA6MC19010/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U65PS000813-03/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  207
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52066/cdc_52066_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 328.40 KB]
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  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4bf94a091b6a4b38917d1fc687df85ed3a2b274f75a41fc08e6c66c53cf5356a