title: Attitudes of US obstetricians toward a combined tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine for adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe obstetricians' perspectives related to tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of mothers and other adults in close contact with infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mail survey of national random sample of 400 obstetricians.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 54%. Most respondents would likely recommend Tdap for women during the postpartum hospital stay (78%) or during pregnancy (69%) if a national recommendation was issued. Expected barriers were knowing the date of patients' most recent Td booster (74%) and patient resistance (46%). Most felt that obstetricians have a role in promoting and administering Tdap vaccine to adults other than mothers likely to come in close contact with infants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obstetricians are likely to agree with the recent provisional US recommendation to administer Tdap to postpartum mothers and other adults expected to come in close contact with infants. Obstetricians would also be likely to support a potential recommendation to administer Tdap during pregnancy. Barriers to adoption of new Tdap vaccine recommendations should be monitored.
authors.affiliation: Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Soukaina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adolphe
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kretsinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000517:prevention & control; D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009774:Obstetrics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013742:Tetanus / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines