Parents’ knowledge, attitudes, practices and vaccination coverage against pertussis, measles, rubella and varicella in a French maternity ward in 2013

Introduction Pertussis, measles, rubella and varicella are vaccine preventable diseases that can lead to severe perinatal consequences in the absence of vaccination. The objective of our study was to estimate the vaccination rate for these diseases among young parents just after the birth of their child, and to seek for risk factors of low vaccination coverage and low acceptance rate of vaccination. Material and Methods Parents of every children born from February to May 2013 at the …