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Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic may be of particular concern for pregnant and breastfeeding women. We aimed to explore their beliefs about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine willingness and to assess the impact of the pandemic on perinatal experiences and practices. A multinational, cross-sectional, web-bas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073367 |
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author | Ceulemans, Michael Foulon, Veerle Panchaud, Alice Winterfeld, Ursula Pomar, Léo Lambelet, Valentine Cleary, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Fergal Passier, Anneke Richardson, Jonathan Luke Allegaert, Karel Nordeng, Hedvig |
author_facet | Ceulemans, Michael Foulon, Veerle Panchaud, Alice Winterfeld, Ursula Pomar, Léo Lambelet, Valentine Cleary, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Fergal Passier, Anneke Richardson, Jonathan Luke Allegaert, Karel Nordeng, Hedvig |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic may be of particular concern for pregnant and breastfeeding women. We aimed to explore their beliefs about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine willingness and to assess the impact of the pandemic on perinatal experiences and practices. A multinational, cross-sectional, web-based study was performed in six European countries between April and July 2020. The anonymous survey was promoted via social media. In total, 16,063 women participated (including 6661 pregnant and 9402 breastfeeding women). Most responses were collected from Belgium (44%), Norway (18%) and the Netherlands (16%), followed by Switzerland (11%), Ireland (10%) and the UK (3%). Despite differences between countries, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was identified among 40–50% of the respondents at the end of the first wave of the pandemic and was higher among pregnant women. Education level and employment status were associated with vaccine hesitancy. The first wave had an adverse impact on pregnancy experiences and disrupted access to health services and breastfeeding support for many women. In the future, access to health care and support should be maintained at all times. Evidence-based and tailored information on COVID-19 vaccines should also be provided to pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid unfounded concerns about the vaccines and to support shared decision making in this population. |
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spelling | pubmed-80380072021-04-12 Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic Ceulemans, Michael Foulon, Veerle Panchaud, Alice Winterfeld, Ursula Pomar, Léo Lambelet, Valentine Cleary, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Fergal Passier, Anneke Richardson, Jonathan Luke Allegaert, Karel Nordeng, Hedvig Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic may be of particular concern for pregnant and breastfeeding women. We aimed to explore their beliefs about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine willingness and to assess the impact of the pandemic on perinatal experiences and practices. A multinational, cross-sectional, web-based study was performed in six European countries between April and July 2020. The anonymous survey was promoted via social media. In total, 16,063 women participated (including 6661 pregnant and 9402 breastfeeding women). Most responses were collected from Belgium (44%), Norway (18%) and the Netherlands (16%), followed by Switzerland (11%), Ireland (10%) and the UK (3%). Despite differences between countries, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was identified among 40–50% of the respondents at the end of the first wave of the pandemic and was higher among pregnant women. Education level and employment status were associated with vaccine hesitancy. The first wave had an adverse impact on pregnancy experiences and disrupted access to health services and breastfeeding support for many women. In the future, access to health care and support should be maintained at all times. Evidence-based and tailored information on COVID-19 vaccines should also be provided to pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid unfounded concerns about the vaccines and to support shared decision making in this population. MDPI 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8038007/ /pubmed/33805097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073367 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Article Ceulemans, Michael Foulon, Veerle Panchaud, Alice Winterfeld, Ursula Pomar, Léo Lambelet, Valentine Cleary, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Fergal Passier, Anneke Richardson, Jonathan Luke Allegaert, Karel Nordeng, Hedvig Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title | Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_full | Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_short | Vaccine Willingness and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Perinatal Experiences and Practices—A Multinational, Cross-Sectional Study Covering the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_sort | vaccine willingness and impact of the covid-19 pandemic on women’s perinatal experiences and practices—a multinational, cross-sectional study covering the first wave of the pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073367 |
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