Maternal Vaccination and Neonatal Feeding Strategies Among Polish Women

Vaccines, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13(4), С. 376 - 376

Опубликована: Март 31, 2025

Background/Objectives: Maternal vaccination and breastfeeding are important aspects of public health that should be recommended by medical staff caring for pregnant postpartum women. We aimed to analyze factors affecting women’s likelihood dual during pregnancy their infant feeding strategies. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 953 Polish mothers. An online questionnaire used included questions on sociodemographic obstetric variables, attitudes towards COVID-19 influenza vaccination, practices. Results: reported 66.0%, 18.2%, 15.6% Increasing willingness receive vaccines significantly associated older maternal age, lower BMI, living in urban areas >100,000 residents, high levels knowledge regarding vaccination. No significant association between neonatal strategy detected. The group exclusively mothers, comparison formula- mixed-feeding women, characterized having pre-pregnancy BMI previous experience. Conclusions: Rates against seasonal (influenza COVID-19) remain low among promotion antenatal reliable information about short- long-term advantages related crucial perinatal care the mother–infant dyad. Young, primiparous women who overweight or obese targets preventive programs focused

Язык: Английский

Longitudinal Survey of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Breastfeeding during the Covid-19 Pandemic

European Journal of Midwifery, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(April)

Опубликована: Апрель 28, 2025

Язык: Английский

Preservation of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies in Breast Milk: Impact of Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Infection

Breastfeeding Medicine, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 19(5), С. 340 - 348

Опубликована: Март 20, 2024

To investigate specific immunoglobulin A (sIgA), G (sIgG), and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in breast milk compare immunity mothers with hybrid (infection vaccination) versus those solely vaccinated (coronavirus disease [COVID]-naïve).

Язык: Английский