title: Practices of obstetrician-gynecologists regarding nonvaccine-related public health recommendations during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined practices of obstetrician-gynecologists regarding nonvaccine-related public health recommendations during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
  
  
  METHODS
  From February to May 2010, a survey was sent to a random sample of members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists involved in obstetric care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obstetrician-gynecologists varied in their adherence to 2009 H1N1 influenza public health recommendations. Nearly all reported prescribing antiviral medications to pregnant women with suspected influenza. Most obstetrician-gynecologists reported using preventive practices in the outpatient setting to reduce exposure of well patients to ill ones. A wide range of responses was provided regarding postpartum infection control practices, suggesting lack of awareness of, disagreement with, or difficulty adhering to these recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obstetrician-gynecologists reported that they adhered to some recommendations related to 2009 H1N1 influenza, but not to others. These data provide insight into strategies for development and dissemination of recommendations in a future pandemic.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sonja A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Power
authors.forename: Denise J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schulkin
authors.forename: Emily B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Yujia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kitty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
authors.forename: Dmitry M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kissin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009774:Obstetrics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011634:Public Health