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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Willingness among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women during the First Pandemic Wave: A Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland.
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- Factors influencing vaccine uptake during pregnancy: A systematic literature review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Bidirectional associations between influenza and COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Worldwide beliefs among pregnant women on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a systematic review.European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2022Pooled it
- The Approach of Pregnant Women to Vaccination Based on a COVID-19 Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Maternal Vaccine Acceptance and Attitudes Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Literature Review.Vaccines · 2026Review
- Systematic review protocol on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among lactating people.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Knowledge, willingness, and hesitancy toward recommended vaccinations among pregnant and post-partum women: A cross-sectional survey in Italy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
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- Perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among pregnant and lactating women in Singapore: a pre-vaccine rollout cross-sectional study.Singapore medical journal · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant and Breastfeeding/Puerperium Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2024Article
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- COVID-Vaccines in Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Response over the First 9 Months after Delivery.Biomolecules · 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
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance of Pregnant Women in Thailand.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Willingness towards a Future Vaccine among Pregnant Women in Italy.Vaccines · 2023Article
- The Obstetrician's Role in Pregnant Women's Decision-Making Process Regarding Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination.Vaccines · 2023Article
- COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-mediated antibodies in human breast milk and their association with breast milk microbiota composition.NPJ vaccines · 2023Article
- Increasing Vaccine Uptake during Pregnancy by Using Prenatal Education Classes: An Effective Tool for Health Communication and Promotion.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
As pregnant women are at high risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines are available in Switzerland, this study aimed to assess the willingness of Swiss pregnant and breastfeeding women to become vaccinated. Through a cross-sectional online study conducted after the first pandemic wave, vaccination practices and willingness to become vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 if a vaccine was available were evaluated through binary, multi-choice, and open-ended questions. Factors associated with vaccine willingness were evaluated through univariable and multivariable analysis. A total of 1551 women responded to questions related to the primary outcome. Only 29.7% (153/515) of pregnant and 38.6% (400/1036) of breastfeeding women were willing to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 if a vaccine had been available during the first wave. Positive predictors associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine acceptance were an age older than 40 years, a higher educational level, history of influenza vaccination within the previous year, having an obstetrician as the primary healthcare practitioner, and being in their third trimester of pregnancy. After the first pandemic wave, Switzerland had a low SARS-CoV-2 vaccination acceptance rate, emphasizing the need to identify and reduce barriers for immunization in pregnant and breastfeeding women, particularly among the youngest and those with a lower educational level.
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