Characterizing Attitudes Toward Maternal RSV Vaccines Among Pregnant and Lactating Persons in Kenya: Key Considerations for Demand Generation Efforts for Vaccine Acceptance.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Limaye, Rupali J; Sauer, Molly; Njogu, Rosemary; Singh, Prachi; Fesshaye, Berhaun; Karron, Ruth A
- Source
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Dec2023, Vol. 12 Issue 12, p638-641. 4p.
- Subject
- *VACCINATION
*LACTATION
*VIRAL vaccines
*IMMUNIZATION
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*PSYCHOLOGY of mothers
*SOCIAL norms
*PREGNANT women
*MEDICAL protocols
*VACCINE hesitancy
*RESEARCH funding
*RESPIRATORY syncytial virus infections
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Language
- ISSN
- 2048-7193
This study examined attitudes toward maternal RSV vaccines among pregnant and lactating persons in Kenya. First pregnancy was associated with higher vaccine hesitancy among pregnant and lactating people, and social norms were associated with higher vaccine hesitancy among lactating people. Understanding maternal RSV attitudes is critical for vaccine acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]