ReviewVaccine2018
Understanding barriers and predictors of maternal immunization: Identifying gaps through an exploratory literature review.
Review in Vaccine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
67 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Determinants of maternal influenza vaccination in the context of low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Factors that influence vaccination decision-making among pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Structured Antenatal Counselling Improves Maternal Influenza and Pertussis Uptake: A Prospective Comparative Study in Greece.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Tetanus Control in the United States and Global Disaster Settings: Public Health Disparities and Prevention Strategies.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination intention in Portuguese adults from at-risk groups: a mixed-method study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Maternal vaccination decision-making in urban and rural Bengaluru, India: A mixed methods study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Article
- Factors that influence vaccination communication during pregnancy: provider and patient perspectives using the theoretical domains framework.JBI evidence implementation · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Influenza and Pertussis Immunization During Pregnancy in Greece.Vaccines · 2025Article
- The association between coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination during pregnancy and neonatal health outcomes.Pediatric investigation · 2025Article
- Influence of maternal risk perception and vaccination knowledge on childhood vaccination intentions.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Do Pregnant Persons Want Influenza Vaccines? Knowledge, Attitudes, Perceptions, and Practices Toward Influenza Vaccines in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Attitudes and Experiences Regarding Communication About Maternal Vaccination: Qualitative Findings from Non-Hispanic Black Pregnant People.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Factors associated with pregnant women's willingness to receive maternal pertussis vaccination in Guizhou Province, China: An exploratory cross-sectional study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the Perinatal Period: A Survey Among Residents of Hawaii.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Maternal awareness, acceptability and willingness towards respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination during pregnancy in Ireland.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2024Article
- Estimating COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in pregnant and lactating women: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women in the United States: The contribution of vaccine-related attitudes.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 disease and vaccination in pregnancy: understanding knowledge, perceptions and experiences among pregnant women and community leaders in Uganda.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Article
7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices recommends that all pregnant women receive the seasonal influenza vaccine and the tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during every pregnancy. However, vaccination coverage rates are suboptimal among pregnant women in the United States, leaving these women and their unborn children at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications.
objectivesWe sought to understand the current landscape of published literature regarding maternal immunization, including barriers to and predictors of vaccine acceptance, and identify gaps in the research in order to inform strategies for future programmatic improvement.
methodsWe conducted a literature search using MEDLINE (OVID), PsychINFO, and CINAHL (Ebsco) databases. The search included published, English-language manuscripts that identified patient, provider, or system-level barriers to, predictors of, or interventions that improved uptake of maternal vaccines among pregnant women in the US. Studies were reviewed using an inductive thematic analysis approach.
resultsWe included 75 studies in our review. Pregnant women identified 25 different barriers to accepting recommended maternal immunizations; barriers related to vaccine safety perceptions were the most common. Healthcare providers identified 24 different barriers to vaccinating their pregnant patients. The most commonly cited barriers among healthcare providers were financial concerns. Eighteen different predictors of vaccine acceptance were identified. Receipt of a healthcare provider's recommendation was the factor most frequently reported as a reason for vaccination among pregnant women.
conclusionsWe were able to identify gaps in the literature regarding maternal immunization and make recommendations for future research. Efforts to address the challenges of maternal immunization in the United States should include increasing the focus on Tdap, implementing more high-level assessments of safety perceptions and associated concerns, and determining most effective interventions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.