Pregnant, Recently Pregnant Women Reported Higher COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Changes In Perceptions Of Vaccine Safety From 2021 To 2023, Survey Results Show

Healio (4/9, Welsh) reports, “Pregnant and recently pregnant women reported increased COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and changes in perceptions of vaccine safety from 2021 to 2023,” survey results show. “Trusted sources for COVID-19 information varied based on vaccination status and self-reported race and ethnicity,” with Black respondents reporting “the highest trust in the CDC with 32.5% and the lowest trust in their physicians with 18.7%. Conversely, Spanish-speaking Hispanic and white respondents had the lowest trust in the CDC (26.1% and 26.6%, respectively) and the highest trust in their physicians (35.1% and 38.2%, respectively).” The data were published in JAMA Network Open.