Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol
A new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified at the end of 2019. It swiftly spread all over the world, affecting more than 600 million people and causing over 6 million deaths worldwide. Different COVID-19 vaccines became available by the end of 2020. Healthcare workers and more vulnerable people (...
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| description | A new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified at the end of 2019. It swiftly spread all over the world, affecting more than 600 million people and causing over 6 million deaths worldwide. Different COVID-19 vaccines became available by the end of 2020. Healthcare workers and more vulnerable people (such as the elderly and those with comorbidities) were initially prioritized, followed by the entire population, including pregnant and breastfeeding women. Despite the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, a certain level of skepticism was expressed, including among pregnant and breastfeeding women. There were several reasons for this reluctancy, among them, fear of side-effects for both women and fetuses. Nevertheless, acceptance, as well as hesitancy, were time, country and vaccine specific. This review will collect available evidence assessing knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, practice and acceptance/hesitancy of pregnant/breastfeeding women in relation to the COVID-19 vaccination. The PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and EMBASE databases will be consulted. A predefined search strategy that combines both free text and MESH terms will be used. The systematic review will adhere to the PRISMA guidelines and the results will be reported in both narrative and summary tables. A meta-analysis will be conducted if data are available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-986ccb8257f24691ba55589b5e2d1a4f2023-11-17T14:29:03ZengMDPI AGWomen2673-41842023-01-0131738110.3390/women3010006Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review ProtocolVincenza Gianfredi0Alessandro Berti1Marilena D’Amico2Viola De Lorenzo3Silvana Castaldi4Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, ItalyA new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified at the end of 2019. It swiftly spread all over the world, affecting more than 600 million people and causing over 6 million deaths worldwide. Different COVID-19 vaccines became available by the end of 2020. Healthcare workers and more vulnerable people (such as the elderly and those with comorbidities) were initially prioritized, followed by the entire population, including pregnant and breastfeeding women. Despite the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, a certain level of skepticism was expressed, including among pregnant and breastfeeding women. There were several reasons for this reluctancy, among them, fear of side-effects for both women and fetuses. Nevertheless, acceptance, as well as hesitancy, were time, country and vaccine specific. This review will collect available evidence assessing knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, practice and acceptance/hesitancy of pregnant/breastfeeding women in relation to the COVID-19 vaccination. The PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and EMBASE databases will be consulted. A predefined search strategy that combines both free text and MESH terms will be used. The systematic review will adhere to the PRISMA guidelines and the results will be reported in both narrative and summary tables. A meta-analysis will be conducted if data are available.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4184/3/1/6pregnant womenlactatingbreastfeedingCOVID-19 vaccineacceptance |
| spellingShingle | Vincenza Gianfredi Alessandro Berti Marilena D’Amico Viola De Lorenzo Silvana Castaldi Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol Women pregnant women lactating breastfeeding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance |
| title | Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Acceptance, and Hesitancy in Relation to the COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review Protocol |
| title_sort | knowledge attitudes behavior acceptance and hesitancy in relation to the covid 19 vaccine among pregnant and breastfeeding women a systematic review protocol |
| topic | pregnant women lactating breastfeeding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4184/3/1/6 |
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