Vaccine hesitancy and knowledge regarding maternal immunization among reproductive age women in central Italy: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination in pregnancy offers protection to the mother and the newborn. In Italy, influenza, pertussis, and COVID-19 vaccinations are recommended in pregnancy, but vaccination coverage is still far from the National Immunization Plan goals. We aimed to assess knowledge and attitude on maternal immunization in two groups of Italian women, in pregnancy and in reproductive age (non pregnant).

Methods

A cross sectional study on Italian childbearing age women gathering information on their knowledge on maternal immunization and attitudes to receiving influenza and pertussis vaccines in pregnancy was carried out at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, between September 2019 and February 2020. Logistic and multinomial regressions were chosen as statistical tests for our

SUBMITTER: Moschese V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539584 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature