COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant Women from Marginalized Communities
Abstract
Vaccination is known to be one of the most successful public health measures currently available that decreases numbers of mortality and morbidity of various diseases across the globe. Despite the success that has been found in controlling infectious disease through herd immunity from vaccinations, there is a rising problem especially prevalent among developed countries of a voluntarily under vaccinated population that do not believe these methods are safe or successful.
This delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of services is known as vaccine hesitancy. The COVID-19 pandemic sparked vaccine hesitancy throughout the United States, with an overabundance of vaccines and greater populations of people with added mistrust, general vaccine hesitancy related to the misinformation spread both among media and political groups as it became a political issue with many protests occurring at mandatory vaccinations for travel or work. Under the category of the unvaccinated population of the United States is pregnant women. In this review, we will define vaccine hesitancy as it pertains to the COVID-19 vaccine and the attitudes of pregnant women among marginalized populations. We will look at the potential determinants of the increase in vaccine hesitancy among marginalized populations especially among highly developed nations. Then, we will look at how this may be combated with methods that have been proven effective in combating vaccine hesitancy.
Project Type
Event
Start Date
4-6-2022 12:00 PM
End Date
4-7-2022 5:00 PM
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant Women from Marginalized Communities
Vaccination is known to be one of the most successful public health measures currently available that decreases numbers of mortality and morbidity of various diseases across the globe. Despite the success that has been found in controlling infectious disease through herd immunity from vaccinations, there is a rising problem especially prevalent among developed countries of a voluntarily under vaccinated population that do not believe these methods are safe or successful.
This delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of services is known as vaccine hesitancy. The COVID-19 pandemic sparked vaccine hesitancy throughout the United States, with an overabundance of vaccines and greater populations of people with added mistrust, general vaccine hesitancy related to the misinformation spread both among media and political groups as it became a political issue with many protests occurring at mandatory vaccinations for travel or work. Under the category of the unvaccinated population of the United States is pregnant women. In this review, we will define vaccine hesitancy as it pertains to the COVID-19 vaccine and the attitudes of pregnant women among marginalized populations. We will look at the potential determinants of the increase in vaccine hesitancy among marginalized populations especially among highly developed nations. Then, we will look at how this may be combated with methods that have been proven effective in combating vaccine hesitancy.
