Vaccination of pregnant women in France.
OBJECTIVE
Vaccination of pregnant women against seasonal influenza is recommended in France since 2010. We currently do not have any vaccination coverage (VC) data to assess the implementation of this recommendation.


METHODS
Vaccinoscopie®is an annual study conducted online using a self-administered questionnaire. A section dedicated to parents' vaccination was included in 2014 and aimed at interviewing 300 mothers of infants aged<12 months to assess their opinion of vaccination with regard to their last and future pregnancies. The study also aimed to measure the influenza VC of these mothers during their last pregnancy.


RESULTS
While 56% of mothers reported to have been informed of the importance of vaccination by a healthcare professional (HCP) during their last pregnancy, only 11% reported having been informed of the importance of influenza vaccination. Overall, 49% of mothers reported willing to be vaccinated during their next pregnancy to protect their baby, if the vaccination were to be recommended by a HCP. However, this rate was only 32% for influenza vaccination. In contrast, 52% of mothers reported willing to be vaccinated against pertussis during pregnancy if the vaccination were to be recommended by a HCP. The influenza VC estimates in pregnant women was 7%.


CONCLUSIONS
Although influenza vaccination has been recommended for all French pregnant women for the past five years, HCPs rarely recommend this vaccination - hence, the low VC. Informing and raising awareness among HCPs seems to be crucial to improve this coverage.
Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Jean-Verdier, 93140 Bondy, France; Université Paris-XIII, 93017 Bobigny, France.
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Gaudelus
EA 2694, university Lille, clinique de pédiatrie, CHU de Lille, 2 Pl O Lambret, 59000 Lille, France.
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Martinot
Service de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, CHU Dupuytren, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87042 Limoges cedex, France.
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Denis
Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, université 1 de Grenoble, CHU, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble, France.
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Stahl
Institut des Mamans, 2, rue Balny-d'Avricourt, 75017 Paris, France.
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Chevaillier
GSK France, 100, route de Versailles, 78163 Marly-le-Roi, France.
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Lery
GSK France, 100, route de Versailles, 78163 Marly-le-Roi, France. Electronic address: patricia.p.pujol@gsk.com.
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Pujol
Unité court séjour petits nourrissons, CHI de Créteil, GRC Gemini UPEC, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
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Cohen
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D057566:Self Report; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000073887:Vaccination Coverage
D007252:Influenza Vaccines
Grippe; Grossesse; Influenza; Opinion; Pregnancy; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy