Falope Oluyemisi, Vamos Cheryl, Izurieta Ricardo, Daley Ellen, Kirby Russell S
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Mar 18;9(1):63. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9010063.
There is a high risk for morbidity and mortality in pregnant women associated with influenza virus illness. Vaccine uptake rates in pregnant women remain lower than the targeted Healthy People 2020 goals despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Few studies have examined the role of the pharmacist in providing immunization services to pregnant women, fewer still have directly examined the PharmD curricula and the perspectives of pharmacy students on how they perceive their role in providing influenza inactivated vaccine (IIV) to pregnant women. This study examined the PharmD curricula instruction with regard to immunizing pregnant women and how pharmacy students perceive it. Semi-structured, in-depth, in-person qualitative interviews were conducted with the six Academic Deans of the accredited schools of pharmacy in Florida, and three focus group sessions were held with third- and fourth-year pharmacy students ( = 18) in Florida. A thematic analysis was conducted. : Most academic deans reported providing instruction on immunization in schools with respect to vaccine administration in pregnant women and called for a need for all schools to make it compulsory to include pregnant-women-specific content. Pharmacy students reported a gap in knowledge of content related to administering the IIV in pregnant women, but feel that when presented with the opportunity, they will be willing to provide IIV to pregnant women. : Pharmacists are in a good position to play a role in increasing IIV rates among pregnant women. Implications for practice include the need for incorporation of pregnancy-specific content to immunization curricula.
孕妇感染流感病毒疾病后出现发病和死亡的风险很高。尽管疾病控制中心（CDC）给出了相关建议，但孕妇的疫苗接种率仍低于《健康人民2020》设定的目标。很少有研究探讨药剂师在为孕妇提供免疫服务中所起的作用，直接研究药学博士课程以及药学专业学生对于自己在为孕妇提供流感灭活疫苗（IIV）方面所扮演角色的看法的研究就更少了。本研究调查了药学博士课程中关于为孕妇接种疫苗的教学内容以及药学专业学生对此的看法。对佛罗里达州六所经认可的药学院的学术院长进行了半结构化、深入的面对面定性访谈，并与佛罗里达州的三年级和四年级药学专业学生（n = 18）举行了三场焦点小组会议。进行了主题分析。结果：大多数学术院长报告称，学校在孕妇疫苗接种管理方面提供了免疫教学，并呼吁所有学校将针对孕妇的特定内容设为必修课。药学专业学生报告称，在为孕妇接种IIV相关内容方面存在知识差距，但他们觉得如果有机会，愿意为孕妇提供IIV。结论：药剂师在提高孕妇IIV接种率方面能够发挥重要作用。对实践的启示包括需要将针对孕妇的特定内容纳入免疫课程。
