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1/2024
vol. 10
 
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Original paper

Vaccination of pregnant women: modelling the knowledge and attitudes of Polish nurses and midwives – a preliminary study

Kinga Kalita-Kurzyńska
1
,
Iwona Kiersnowska
2
,
Paweł Grzesiowski
3
,
Anna Justyna Milewska
4
,
Karolina Kamecka
5
,
Aleksandra Wesołowska
1
,
Michał Marczak
6
,
Barbara Baranowska
7
,
Remigiusz Kozłowski
5

  1. Laboratory of Human Milk and Lactation Research at Regional Human Milk Bank in Holy Family Hospital, Department of Medical Biology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department Basic of Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  3. Foundation for the Infection Prevention Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
  5. Department of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
  6. WSB Merito University in Warsaw, Poland
  7. Department of Midwifery, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
J Health Inequal 2024; 10 (1): 84–94
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jhi.2024.141041
Online publish date: 2024/07/16
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Background:
The period of pregnancy is optimal for vaccination to prevent some diseases in women and newborns. Healthcare workers have a crucial role in informing women and recommending vaccinations. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, both theoretical and practical, and attitudes of Polish midwifes and nurses towards vaccination in pregnancy.

Material and methods:
The study was conducted in 2019 among 263 medical practitioners (152 nurses and 111 midwives) who answered the authors’ questionnaire.

Results:
A positive approach to maternal vaccination was more often expressed by the surveyed nurses than the midwives (p = 0.002). The mean score for assessing all participants’ knowledge based on 12 questions was 5.92. The level of knowledge of participants with a positive attitude towards vaccination in pregnancy was statistically different from the groups with a neutral or negative attitude in the whole study group (p < 0.001). A positive correlation between knowledge and attitude was found in all participants (r = 0.360, p < 0.001). Logistical regression models also indicate the presence of a statistically significant relationship between the level of knowledge and the group, profession, attitude and own assessment of knowledge.

Conclusions:
Positive attitudes to vaccination were reported mainly among those surveyed on a scientific congress on vaccinations in Poland. Therefore, participation in different forms of education may have a supportive impact on the views of midwives and nurses, and consequently on their willingness to recommend vaccination to pregnant women.

keywords:

vaccination, pregnancy, midwife, nurse, knowledge, attitude, maternal immunization
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