"I was having an internal conflict with myself." COVID-19 vaccination decision-making processes among pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination serves as an efficient primary means of control for infectious diseases. However, in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women within the United States had the lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccination and reported the lowest intent to vaccinate.

Objectives

To explore the decision-making process for COVID-19 vaccination for people pregnant during the pandemic.

Design

A secondary analysis of data from a mixed-methods study that examined the impact of COVID-19 on experiences of prenatal care, birth support, and delivery in the Southern United States.

Methods

This study used a descriptive phenomenological approach to thematically analyze in-depth interviews (n = 20) with adult women who were pregnant by January 2020 and had their p

SUBMITTER: Narasimhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748585 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature