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Flu vaccination during pregnancy
Why is flu vaccination important during pregnancy?
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Pregnant women are at high risk for developing
serious illness caused by seasonal influenza (flu) due to the
physiological changes that occur during pregnancy.
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Pregnant women with flu are also at increased
risk of having serious problems with the unborn baby such as
premature delivery.
How to protect yourself and your baby from flu?
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Inactivated influenza vaccine
(flu shot) is the most effective way to protect pregnant women from
influenza and the resulting complications.
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Vaccination of pregnant women protects babies at
high risk of severe illness from influenza, who are too young to be
vaccinated.
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All persons aged 6 months or older, including
women who are or plan to be pregnant during influenza season,
are recommended to receive an influenza vaccine.
What the data show?
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Less than half of women (47%) giving birth in LA
County received a flu shot during pregnancy
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African American and Hispanic women had the
lowest vaccination coverage (33% and 44%, respectively)
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Women who were less than 25 years old had the
lowest vaccination coverage for flu vaccine (37% )
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Pregnant women whose prenatal health care
providers discussed flu shot were about eight times more likely to
be vaccinated than women whose providers did not discuss vaccination
*Source: 2010 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby
(LAMB) Project.
For more information about flu vaccination, please,
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