The investigators will conduct a brief educational intervention to pregnant women who have not yet received the influenza vaccine in this pregnancy to improve the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
321
The intervention will include a brief 5 to 10-minute educational talk by research nurse explaining the facts of influenza and influenza vaccine and answering participant questions. The educational intervention will focus on: (1) Hong Kong government's recommendation regarding influenza vaccine during pregnancy, (2) potential complications associated with influenza during pregnancy and for young infants, (3) safety of influenza vaccine for mother and foetus, and (4) potential benefits of influenza vaccine for mother and infant, and (5) where and how to get the influenza vaccine in Hong Kong.
Kwong Wah Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tsan Yuk Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The proportion of influenza vaccination
The proportion of influenza vaccination in the control and intervention groups
Time frame: 2 weeks postpartum
The influenza and influenza vaccine knowledge of participants
The influenza and influenza vaccine knowledge of participants in the control and intervention groups after receiving the intervention.
Time frame: 2 weeks postpartum
the proportion of participants initiating discussion about influenza vaccine with their health care provider
Time frame: 2 weeks postpartum
the proportion of participants seeking out influenza vaccine
Time frame: 2 weeks postpartum
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