PMID- 26924918
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161006
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1098-0997 (Electronic)
IS  - 1064-7449 (Print)
IS  - 1064-7449 (Linking)
VI  - 2016
DP  - 2016
TI  - Efforts to Improve Immunization Coverage during Pregnancy among Ob-Gyns.
PG  - 6120701
LID - 10.1155/2016/6120701 [doi]
LID - 6120701
AB  - BACKGROUND: Influenza and Tdap vaccines are vital factors for improving maternal 
      and neonatal health outcomes. METHODS: A prospective, longitudinal study was 
      conducted to determine whether the American College of Obstetricians and 
      Gynecologists' (ACOG's) efforts to increase ob-gyn use of their immunization 
      toolkits and vaccination administration were successful. Pre- and 
      postintervention questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 1,500 ACOG 
      members between August 2012 and July 2015. RESULTS: Significantly more 
      postintervention survey ob-gyns reported that they received the immunization 
      toolkits than preintervention survey ob-gyns (84.5% versus 67.0%, p < .001). The 
      large majority of ob-gyns from both surveys (76.9% versus 78.9%) reported that 
      they offered or planned to offer influenza vaccinations to their patients for the 
      2012-2013 and 2014-2015 flu seasons. Postintervention survey respondents were 
      significantly more likely than preintervention survey participants to report that 
      they routinely offer Tdap vaccinations to all patients during pregnancy (76.8% 
      versus 59.3%, p < .001). CONCLUSION: ACOG's efforts to improve ob-gyn use of 
      immunization toolkits and vaccine administration appear to have been successful 
      in several ways. ACOG's toolkits are an example of an effective intervention to 
      overcome barriers to offering vaccines and help improve influenza and Tdap 
      immunization coverage for pregnant women.
FAU - Jones, Katherine M
AU  - Jones KM
AD  - Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 
      12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA; Department of Psychology, American 
      University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
FAU - Carroll, Sarah
AU  - Carroll S
AD  - Practice Division, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th 
      Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
FAU - Hawks, Debra
AU  - Hawks D
AD  - Practice Division, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th 
      Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
FAU - McElwain, Cora-Ann
AU  - McElwain CA
AD  - Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 
      12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
FAU - Schulkin, Jay
AU  - Schulkin J
AD  - Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 
      12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - U66 IP000667/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States
GR  - 5U66IP000667/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
DEP - 20160126
PL  - Egypt
TA  - Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol
JT  - Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology
JID - 9318481
RN  - 0 (Influenza Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - *Gynecology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization/instrumentation/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Influenza Vaccines
MH  - Internet
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Obstetrics
MH  - *Practice Patterns, Physicians'
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC4746379
EDAT- 2016/03/01 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/08 06:00
PMCR- 2016/01/26
CRDT- 2016/03/01 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/01/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/01/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/03/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/01/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2016/6120701 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2016;2016:6120701. doi: 10.1155/2016/6120701. Epub 
      2016 Jan 26.