Deciding about Maternal Pertussis Vaccination: Associations Between Intention, and Needs and Values in a Vaccine-Hesitant Religious Group

• Maternal pertussis vaccination (MPV) uptake is subjected to vaccine hesitancy. • 56% of the women would be undecided about accepting if being offered the MPV. • Decision-making needs in the orientation stage are associated with intention. • Acceptors score high on Trust in the vaccine and vaccine-providing authorities. • Contemplating religious arguments is important to orthodox protestant women.