Influenza Vaccination Among Pregnant People Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Stephanie A Irving Bradley Crane Eric Weintraub Tia L Kauffman Neon Brooks Suchita A Patel Hilda Razzaghi Edward A Belongia Matthew F Daley Darios Getahun Sungching C Glenn Simon J Hambidge Lisa A Jackson Elyse Kharbanda Nicola P Klein Ousseny Zerbo Allison L Naleway

Obstet Gynecol

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon; the Immunization Safety Office and the Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin; the Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, and Denver Health, Denver, Colorado; Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, and the Vaccine Study Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California; the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; and the HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Published: September 2023

A study examined influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant people in the U.S. from the 2016-2017 to 2021-2022 seasons, revealing trends among different demographics.
Coverage rose from 63.0% in 2016-2017 to a peak of 71.0% in 2019-2020 but dropped significantly to 56.4% during the 2021-2022 season post-COVID-19 pandemic.
The research highlighted that the lowest vaccination rates were consistently among pregnant individuals aged 18-24 and non-Hispanic Black individuals, emphasizing the need for targeted outreach to increase vaccination coverage.

There are limited data on influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant people in the United States during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Within the Vaccine Safety Datalink, we conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine influenza vaccination coverage during the 2016-2017 through the 2021-2022 influenza seasons among pregnant people aged 18-49 years. Using influenza vaccines administered through March each season, we assessed crude coverage by demographic and clinical characteristics. Annual influenza vaccination coverage increased from the 2016-2017 season (63.0%) to a high of 71.0% in the 2019-2020 season. After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it decreased to a low of 56.4% (2021-2022). In each of the six seasons, coverage was lowest among pregnant people aged 18-24 years and among non-Hispanic Black pregnant people. The 2021-2022 season had the lowest coverage across all age and race and ethnicity groups. The recent decreases highlight the need for continued efforts to improve coverage among pregnant people.

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