<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maltezou, Helena C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalogriopoulou, Kleopatra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pergialiotis, Vasileios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tania Siahanidou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skiathitou, Anna V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katerelos, Panos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Goumalatsos, Nikolaos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kostis, Evangelos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antsaklis, Aristides</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Theodoridou, Maria</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acceptance of a post-partum influenza vaccination (cocooning) strategy for neonates in Greece.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vaccine</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Family Characteristics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greece</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">human</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">influenza</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influenza Vaccines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Logistic Models</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Newborn</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parents</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patient Acceptance of Health Care</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Postpartum Period</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vaccination</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012 Aug 31</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5871-4</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young infants are at increased risk for influenza-associated serious illness, onset of complications, utilization of health-care services, and hospitalization. We investigated the feasibility and acceptance of an influenza vaccination (cocooning) strategy by household contacts implemented in a maternity hospital and the neonatal unit of a pediatric hospital in Athens. A total of 224 mothers (mean age: 30.2 years) who gave birth to 242 neonates were studied. Of them, 165 (73.7%) mothers were vaccinated. Multiple logistic regression revealed that statistically significant factors associated with increased vaccination rates among mothers were: being of Roma origin (p-value=0.002), being an immigrant (p-value=0.025), giving birth to a neonate with birth weight &lt;2500g (p-value=0.012), and residing in a family with &gt;=4 family members (p-value=0.017). Of the 224 fathers, 125 (55.8%) received the influenza vaccine. Fathers of neonates whose mothers were vaccinated had 6-fold higher vaccination rates compared to fathers of neonates whose mothers refused vaccination (p-value&lt;0.001). Overall, influenza vaccine was administered to 348 (46.9%) of a total of 742 household contacts of the 242 neonates. Upon entering the 2011-2012 influenza season, 51 (22.7%) of 224 families had all household contacts vaccinated against influenza (complete cocoon). Among parents, the statement &quot;I do not want to receive the vaccine&quot; was the prevalent reason for declining influenza vaccination, followed by the misconception &quot;I am not at risk for contacting influenza&quot; (41.1% and 38.2%, respectively).</style></abstract></record></records></xml>