Influenza and other respiratory viruses
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Influenza Other Respi Viruses · Nov 2019
Predictors for influenza vaccination among Thai pregnant woman: The role of physicians in increasing vaccine uptake.
Physician recommendation and attitudes and beliefs of pregnant women toward influenza and vaccination may influence vaccine uptake during pregnancy. We examined how physician recommendation and health beliefs of pregnant women may jointly affect influenza vaccination during pregnancy. ⋯ In this study, physician recommendation was the only significant factor associated with influenza vaccine uptake among Thai pregnant women. Understanding physicians' motivation/barrier to recommending influenza vaccination to pregnant women may increase coverage.