Attitudes of US Obstetricians Toward a Combined Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine for Adults

Clark, Sarah J.; Adolphe, Soukaina; Davis, Matthew M.; Cowan, Anne E.; Kretsinger, Katrina

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/IDOG/2006/87040

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Volume 2006 | Article ID 087040 | https://doi.org/10.1155/IDOG/2006/87040

Attitudes of US Obstetricians Toward a Combined Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine for Adults

Sarah J. Clark,¹Soukaina Adolphe,^1,2Matthew M. Davis,^1,3,4Anne E. Cowan,¹and Katrina Kretsinger^5,6

Received01 Jun 2006

Accepted17 Aug 2006

Published03 Oct 2006

Abstract

Objective. To describe obstetricians' perspectives related to tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of mothers and other adults in close contact with infants. Methods. Mail survey of national random sample of 400 obstetricians . Results. Response rate was 54%. Most respondents would likely recommend Tdap for women during the postpartum hospital stay (78%) or during pregnancy (69%) if a national recommendation was issued. Expected barriers were knowing the date of patients' most recent Td booster (74%) and patient resistance (46%). Most felt that obstetricians have a role in promoting and administering Tdap vaccine to adults other than mothers likely to come in close contact with infants. Conclusion. Obstetricians are likely to agree with the recent provisional US recommendation to administer Tdap to postpartum mothers and other adults expected to come in close contact with infants. Obstetricians would also be likely to support a potential recommendation to administer Tdap during pregnancy. Barriers to adoption of new Tdap vaccine recommendations should be monitored.

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Copyright © 2006 Sarah J. Clark et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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