Lynsey Patterson, Emma Berry, Carole Parsons, Bronagh Clarke, Alison Little, Jillian Beggs, Antony Chuter, Tracy Jackson, Yingfen Hsia, Hannah McGrath, Catherine Millman, Siobhan Murphy, Declan T Bradley, Sarah Milligan
Since April 2021, COVID-19 vaccines have been recommended for pregnant women. Despite this, COVID-19 vaccine uptake in this group is low compared to the non-pregnant population of childbearing age. Our aim was to understand barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccine uptake among pregnant women in Northern Ireland using the COM-B framework, and so to make recommendations for public health interventions. The COM-B proposes that human behaviour is influenced by the extent to which a person has the capability, opportunity, and motivation to enact that behaviour...
September 6, 2023: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth