Q&A: Prenatal visits ‘good time’ to talk childhood vaccines

Key takeaways:

Researchers surveyed expecting and current parents about whether they would accept vaccines for their child.

Nearly half of first-time pregnant respondents were undecided.

A survey found that many people expecting their first child are unsure about whether to vaccinate their children. Given this, prenatal visits may be a good time to discuss vaccines with expecting parents, one of the researchers said.

Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH, associate professor of global health at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, and colleagues surveyed 174 pregnant people — including 37.6% who were expecting their first child — and 1,765 parents of young children about whether they planned to accept all, some or no recommended vaccines for their children, or if they planned t