Preferences of pregnant women toward a future maternal Group B Streptococcus vaccine in China: A cross-sectional survey with a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT: Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal death worldwide. A GBS vaccine for pregnant women is under development and is expected to be available in the near future. The perceptions and preferences of pregnant women in China of GBS vaccines has not been investigated, and this study aimed to investigate pregnant women's awareness of GBS and their potential preferences for the GBS vaccine. A discrete choice experiment was conducted among pregnant women in hospitals from Shaanxi, Hunan, and Zhejiang provinces located in Western, Central, and Eastern China, respectively. A conditional logit model was used to analyze the data and calculate willingness to pay values and choice probabilities of different GBS vaccine programs. A total of 354 pregnant women were included in the final

SUBMITTER: Du J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760376 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature