Vaccination Practices Among Obstetrician/Gynecologists for Non-pregnant Patients.

Introduction: Many non-pregnant women see obstetrician-gynecologists as their sole source of medical care, yet little is known about vaccination practices of obstetrician-gynecologists for non-pregnant patients. The objectives were to assess, among a national sample of obstetrician-gynecologists, practices related to vaccine delivery in non-pregnant patients and factors associated with stocking and administering more than three different vaccines to non-pregnant patients.

Methods: E-mail and mail surveys were administered July-October 2015, with analyses performed during October-November 2015 and April-June 2018.

Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Strategies to Address Vaccine Refusal Among Pregnant Women.

Objective: To describe 1) obstetrician-gynecologists' (ob-gyns') perceptions of the frequency of vaccine refusal among pregnant patients and perceived reasons for refusal and 2) ob-gyns' strategies used when encountering vaccine refusal and perceived effectiveness of those strategies.

Methods: We conducted an email and mail survey among a nationally representative network of ob-gyns from March 2016 to June 2016.

Results: The response rate was 69% (331/477).

Disparities in Tdap Vaccination and Vaccine Information Needs Among Pregnant Women in the United States.

Objectives The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend that pregnant women receive the Tdap vaccine during every pregnancy. The objectives of this paper are to evaluate disparities in Tdap vaccination among pregnant women in the U.S.

Provider insight on surmounting specialty practice challenges to improve Tdap immunization rates among pregnant women.

Background: Pertussis, or "whooping cough," is an acute, contagious pulmonary disease that, despite being vaccine-preventable, has become an increasingly widespread problem in the United States. As a result, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists updated recommendations stating clinicians should give a Tdap dose during every pregnancy, preferably at 27-36 weeks. Despite this recommendation, reported Tdap vaccine receipt rates during pregnancy vary from 16-61%, and previous studies have shown that clinician recommendation and vaccine administration are strongly associated with vaccine uptake among pregnant women.

Immunization Practices of U.S. Obstetrician/Gynecologists for Pregnant Patients.

Introduction: U.S. obstetrician/gynecologists play a critical role as vaccinators of pregnant women.