Vaccine Uptake and COVID-19 Frequency in Pregnant Syrian Immigrant Women

dc.authoridAltas, Zeynep Meva/0000-0003-0475-8946en_US
dc.authoridSezerol, Mehmet Akif/0000-0001-6744-1343en_US
dc.contributor.authorSezerol, Mehmet Akif
dc.contributor.authorAltas, Zeynep Meva
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:37:18Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:37:18Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.department[Belirlenecek]en_US
dc.description.abstractImmigrants have difficulties in the use of essential health services such as vaccinations. Vaccine uptake among pregnant immigrant women is very low. The aim of the study was to examine the vaccination status of pregnant immigrant women who received health services in an immigrant health center (IHC) affiliated to primary health care institutions. The research is a retrospective-designed cross-sectional type of study. The study sample consists of pregnant Syrian women who received health care from the strengthened IHC of a District Health Directorate in Istanbul between August 2020 and 2022. Age, trimesters, number of pregnancies, high-risk pregnancy status, vaccination dates and status against influenza, COVID-19 and tetanus, and vaccine types of COVID-19 were evaluated. The statistical significance level was determined as p < 0.05. None of the pregnant women had received the influenza vaccine. Of the women whose tetanus vaccine data were evaluated, 29.7% had received at least two doses of the tetanus vaccine. Of the pregnant women, 19.4% were vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum two doses and 4.2% had a COVID-19 infection during their pregnancy. None of the women with the COVID-19 infection were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccine uptake of pregnant immigrant women is very low. Public health interventions are needed to improve vaccination coverage among disadvantaged groups.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/vaccines11020257
dc.identifier.issn2076-393X
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid36851135en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85149128276en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020257
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/6738
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000939970100001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMdpien_US
dc.relation.ispartofVaccinesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY04080
dc.subjectImmigrantsen_US
dc.subjectVaccinationen_US
dc.subjectPregnant Womenen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.titleVaccine Uptake and COVID-19 Frequency in Pregnant Syrian Immigrant Womenen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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