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Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Perinatal Influenza Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Immunizations during pregnancy are an important aspect of perinatal care. Although the influenza vaccine during pregnancy is safe, vaccination rates are low. According to research data, one of the reasons for the low vaccination rates among pregnant women is that they do not receive a clear recommen...

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Autores principales: Taskou, Chrysoula, Sarantaki, Antigoni, Beloukas, Apostolos, Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Ε., Daskalakis, Georgios, Papalexis, Petros, Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36680013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010168
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author Taskou, Chrysoula
Sarantaki, Antigoni
Beloukas, Apostolos
Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Ε.
Daskalakis, Georgios
Papalexis, Petros
Lykeridou, Aikaterini
author_facet Taskou, Chrysoula
Sarantaki, Antigoni
Beloukas, Apostolos
Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Ε.
Daskalakis, Georgios
Papalexis, Petros
Lykeridou, Aikaterini
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description Immunizations during pregnancy are an important aspect of perinatal care. Although the influenza vaccine during pregnancy is safe, vaccination rates are low. According to research data, one of the reasons for the low vaccination rates among pregnant women is that they do not receive a clear recommendation from healthcare providers. This study aims to record the knowledge and attitudes about influenza vaccination and investigate healthcare professionals’ recommendations during the perinatal period. A cross-sectional study was conducted with convenience sampling in Athens, Greece. Our purposive sample included 240 midwives, Ob/Gs, and pediatricians. Data were collected using an appropriate standardized questionnaire with information about demographics, attitudes towards influenza vaccination, and knowledge about the influenza virus and peripartum vaccination. Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS-Statistics version 26.0. This study identifies the reasons for the lack of vaccine uptake including a wide range of misconceptions or lack of knowledge about influenza infection, lack of convenient access to get vaccinated, etc. Misconceptions about influenza and influenza vaccines could be improved by better education of healthcare workers. Continuing professional education for health professionals is necessary to improve the level of knowledge, prevent negative beliefs, and promote preventive and therapeutic practices.
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spelling pubmed-98636322023-01-22 Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Perinatal Influenza Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic Taskou, Chrysoula Sarantaki, Antigoni Beloukas, Apostolos Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Ε. Daskalakis, Georgios Papalexis, Petros Lykeridou, Aikaterini Vaccines (Basel) Article Immunizations during pregnancy are an important aspect of perinatal care. Although the influenza vaccine during pregnancy is safe, vaccination rates are low. According to research data, one of the reasons for the low vaccination rates among pregnant women is that they do not receive a clear recommendation from healthcare providers. This study aims to record the knowledge and attitudes about influenza vaccination and investigate healthcare professionals’ recommendations during the perinatal period. A cross-sectional study was conducted with convenience sampling in Athens, Greece. Our purposive sample included 240 midwives, Ob/Gs, and pediatricians. Data were collected using an appropriate standardized questionnaire with information about demographics, attitudes towards influenza vaccination, and knowledge about the influenza virus and peripartum vaccination. Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS-Statistics version 26.0. This study identifies the reasons for the lack of vaccine uptake including a wide range of misconceptions or lack of knowledge about influenza infection, lack of convenient access to get vaccinated, etc. Misconceptions about influenza and influenza vaccines could be improved by better education of healthcare workers. Continuing professional education for health professionals is necessary to improve the level of knowledge, prevent negative beliefs, and promote preventive and therapeutic practices. MDPI 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9863632/ /pubmed/36680013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010168 Text en © 2023 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Taskou, Chrysoula
Sarantaki, Antigoni
Beloukas, Apostolos
Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Ε.
Daskalakis, Georgios
Papalexis, Petros
Lykeridou, Aikaterini
Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Perinatal Influenza Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Perinatal Influenza Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals regarding perinatal influenza vaccination during the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36680013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010168
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