Surveys Spotlight Pregnant Women’s Drop in Confidence Over COVID Vaccines
🤰💉A new study details dramatically lower confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safety in pregnant and recently pregnant women in 2023 compared to 2021, despite evidence to the contrary, according to findings published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Overall, 76.8% (95% confidence interval [CI], 71.5% to 82.2%) reported one or more COVID-19 vaccinations. All participants identified as female, and the average age was 31.7 years. A total of 356 (29.0%) identified as Black race, 555 (45.2%) identified as Hispanic ethnicity, and 445 (36.3%) preferred the Spanish language.
The weighted estimates of somewhat or strongly agreeing that COVID-19 vaccines are safe decreased from Wave 1 to 2 for respondents who reported having received at least one vaccine dose (76% in Wave 1 compared to 50% in Wave 2). Among non-Hispanic White respondents, the drop was from 72% to 43%; Spanish-speaking Hispanic respondents went from 76% to 53%.
“The general trends we observed among those who had received at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine and among racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse groups are concerning,” the authors said. “These differences, despite accruing evidence of COVID-19 vaccine safety in this high-risk group, are concerning for clinicians and public health officials.”
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