
A new publication from a team of authors that includes multiple members of the RID Program, including Suraya Bondy, Dr. Elisabeth McClymont, Sandra Blitz and Dr. Deborah Money has been published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics! This publication entitled “Acceptance and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada” describes findings from both the first iteration of the COVERED Project, as well as some preliminary findings from the early participants of the second iteration of the COVERED Project. The participants of this project were Canadian pregnant women and people, who regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, completed a series of online questionnaires that assessed the effectiveness, outcomes, perception, and immunogenicity (if applicable) of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy. This publication specifically describes the findings regarding COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes in pregnant women and people who completed the survey between June 2021-December 2021. Key findings included 87.7% of study participants receiving or intending to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during their pregnancy, certain factors (perception towards COVID-19 vaccination, social norms) were associated with vaccine uptake, and greater perceived risk was recorded in participants who did not intend to/did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine. For more information and to read more about these and other findings, access the publication here!