Health campaigns to target pregnant women
By Dahleen Glanton | Tribune reporter
With pregnant women facing a high risk of death from swine flu, health officials in Illinois are planning an aggressive campaign to educate doctors and encourage expectant mothers to get vaccinated against the virus, which threatens to spread rapidly this fall.
“In general, when people are pregnant, they are reluctant to take medication they fear might cause harm to the child,” said Dr. Julie Morita, medical director for the immunization program at the Chicago Department of Public Health. “But if their physician says ‘I think you need a flu vaccine,’ they are more likely to heed it.” Read More…
