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: Received: 1 March 2023 / Approved: 3 March 2023 / Online: 3 March 2023 (01:18:56 CET)
How to cite:
Gilberti Panucci, L.A.; Sant’anna Pinheiro, L.; E. Prestes-Carneiro, L. Pregnancy Card: Evaluation of Data on Vaccines for Women in Labor in a Public Tertiary Reference Maternity Unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Preprints2023, 2023030047. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0047.v1
Gilberti Panucci, L.A.; Sant’anna Pinheiro, L.; E. Prestes-Carneiro, L. Pregnancy Card: Evaluation of Data on Vaccines for Women in Labor in a Public Tertiary Reference Maternity Unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Preprints 2023, 2023030047. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0047.v1
Gilberti Panucci, L.A.; Sant’anna Pinheiro, L.; E. Prestes-Carneiro, L. Pregnancy Card: Evaluation of Data on Vaccines for Women in Labor in a Public Tertiary Reference Maternity Unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Preprints2023, 2023030047. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0047.v1
APA Style
Gilberti Panucci, L.A., Sant’anna Pinheiro, L., & E. Prestes-Carneiro, L. (2023). Pregnancy Card: Evaluation of Data on Vaccines for Women in Labor in a Public Tertiary Reference Maternity Unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0047.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Gilberti Panucci, L.A., Luiza Sant’anna Pinheiro and Luiz E. Prestes-Carneiro. 2023 "Pregnancy Card: Evaluation of Data on Vaccines for Women in Labor in a Public Tertiary Reference Maternity Unit in São Paulo, Brazil" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0047.v1
Abstract
There is a lack of information on vaccination for pregnant women in the Brazilian literature. Our aim was to evaluate the data on vaccines recorded on the pregnancy card and knowledge about the importance of vaccination for women admitted for labor in a reference public tertiary maternity unit in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil. Vaccine data as prescribed by the National Immunization Program of Brazil (NIP) in prenatal cards for patients in labor from the 45 municipalities of the western region of São Paulo state were obtained. A questionnaire relating to knowledge about the types and importance of vaccination in pregnancy was applied. All vaccines indicated by the NIP were registered in only 12.0% of the prenatal cards, and 33.0% of cards registered any vaccines. In this group, 16.6% were aged between 14 and 21 years, and tetanus and COVID-19 were the most prevalent vaccines that they had heard of during prenatal care. Data on vaccines was poorly recorded in the cards, suggesting a lack of attention and unpreparedness of professionals working in primary care. Our study has countrywide and global relevance, and may be applied mainly in Latin American countries facing similar difficulties and limitations with low rates of vaccination during pregnancy.
Keywords
pregnant card; Brazilian National Program of Immunization; vaccine data filling
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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