By EJ Mundell
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. eight, 2016 (HealthDay Information) -- Getting a flu shot throughout being pregnant can defend each a mom-to-be and her child. And whereas the proportion of pregnant American ladies who bought the vaccine has doubled lately, too many nonetheless go with out the shot, researchers say.
"Though the development is encouraging, protection nonetheless falls far wanting the 2016 [U.S.] suggestion that each one pregnant ladies who're or would possibly turn into pregnant throughout flu season be vaccinated," in accordance with a staff led by Stephen Kerr, an epidemiologist at Boston College.
Kerr's staff has tracked information on vaccinations obtained throughout being pregnant for greater than 5,300 U.S. ladies since 2005. The investigators discovered that within the flu seasons earlier than the 2009-2010 H1N1 flu pandemic, just one in each 5 pregnant ladies within the research bought an influenza vaccine.
Nonetheless, that quantity jumped to 33 % of the ladies in the course of the 2009-2010 flu outbreak, and has risen since then to 41 % protection by the 2013-2014 flu season.
Twenty % of the vaccinations the ladies obtained got in "non-traditional" well being care settings -- corresponding to at work or faculty, or in a pharmacy -- however the majority got in medical doctors' places of work.
The research authors additionally famous that the most recent information from the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention confirmed that half of pregnant ladies had obtained a flu shot within the 2015-2016 season.
Influenza and its problems can endanger each the pregnant lady and her child, the researchers famous. And it is thought that when a girl will get the vaccine in being pregnant, its results could assist defend a new child from flu for a number of months after start.
So, what will be carried out to lift flu vaccination charges additional amongst pregnant ladies? Based on the investigators, intervention by well being care workers is vital.
Kerr and colleagues famous that, in accordance with CDC information, "in the course of the 2015-2016 influenza season, 63 % of pregnant ladies whose well being care supplier beneficial and supplied influenza vaccination obtained the vaccine in contrast with 38 % who obtained a suggestion however no supply, and solely 13 % of pregnant ladies who obtained no suggestion."
Which means the routine care of pregnant ladies ought to embody counseling about and administration of flu vaccine, the researchers concluded.
The findings are revealed within the Dec. 9 challenge of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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