Maternal immunisation

Amber Young and Esther Willing discuss protecting babies through immunisation of hapū māmā in pregnancy and in the newborn period in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Topics

Intro
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Why is maternal vaccination important?
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What vaccinations are recommended in pregnancy?
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How does maternal vaccination protect the pregnant women and her baby?
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Maternal vaccination coverage in NZ
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Barriers, enablers & access
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Covid and its impact on maternal vaccination uptake
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Is vaccination in pregnancy safe and well tolerated?
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Improving maternal vaccination rates
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Vaccinating the family
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Health Policy
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Targets can be useful
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Take-home messages
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Take home messages

Maternal vaccination is safe and effective.
Recommended, even if they have been pregnant before.
Vaccination coverage is improved by whanau being well-informed and supported.
All health professionals should provide information about maternal vaccination.
System-level changes are needed to remove existing barriers to vaccination.

Resources

Recommended and funded vaccines during pregnancy Immunisation Advisory Centre
Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa
Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand Social Science & Medicine Journal
Interventions to improve vaccine coverage of pregnant women in Aotearoa New Zealand Journal of Primary Health Care
Informing women about maternal vaccination in Aotearoa New Zealand: Is it effective? Midwifery Journal

Presenter

Esther Willing

Associate Professor

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Dr Esther Willing (Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngā Ruahine) is an Associate Professor in Hauora Māori and the Director of Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori. Her research interests include health policy and health systems research and she is passionate about improving Māori health outcomes and addressing health inequities in Aotearoa.

Presenter

Amber Young

Pharmacist

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Dr Amber Young is a pharmacist and an emerging researcher with whakapapa to Taranaki iwi. Her research interests include immunisation coverage in hapū māmā and pēpi, Māori health, health equity, and quality use of medicines. Dr Young studied pharmacy at the University of Otago and worked in community and hospital pharmacy practice and at the British and New Zealand National Formularies for many years. In 2016 she returned to Otago to complete her PhD at the School of Pharmacy, investigating the provision of medicines information to patients and how this could be improved. Following this, Dr Young was awarded the HRC Career Development Award, to investigate immunisation inequity in pregnancy at Kōhatu, the Centre for Hauora Māori. Dr Young’s other current research projects include optimising information resources for whānau of pēpi undergoing Retinopathy of prematurity eye examinations and primary-care interventions to improve asthma control in tamariki across Aotearoa.