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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Mask-wearing"”.
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Politics and pandemics: an investigation of the potential covariates in the relationship between conservative political ideology and reduced facemask wearing
<p>Facemasks have been empirically shown as one of the most effective non-pharmaceutical interventions in preventing the spread of COVID-19. However, research shows that individuals identifying as politically conservative are less likely to comply with mask mandates and engage in less mask wearing. …
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Language Use and Adaptation Among Iranian Immigrants in Canada: Insights from the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
… the challenges faced in communication due to mask-wearing, the shift to virtual interactions, and changes in language learning and usage. Additionally, the study examined how English language proficiency affected participants' ability to navigate the challenges of integration during this …
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Moral Matching: Strategic Messaging to Overcome Barriers to Persuasion
… revealed four themes (i.e., overexposure to mask wearing COVID-19 messages, desensitization vs. reassurance, emotional exhaustion, and reactance) that further guided the development of morally framed messages. Study Two (<em>N </em>= 88), conducted a manipulation check to assess the efficacy …
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Effects of Synchronous Reinforcement within a Group Contingency for Increasing Toy Cleanup in Preschoolers
… for increasing socially relevant behavior (e.g., mask wearing, McHugh et al., 2022; on-task behavior, Diaz de Villegas, 2020]). To date, SSR has been evaluated for behavior change at the individual level; however, this may not be feasible in all settings (e.g., for a teacher with 15 children in a …
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Advancing Emergency Department Efficiency, Infectious Disease Management at Mass Gatherings, and Self-Efficacy Through Data Science and Dynamic Modeling
… as visitor limits, vaccination mandates, and mask wearing, emphasizing their role in preventing health crises. The third essay applied machine learning methods to predict student self-efficacy in Muslim societies, revealing the importance of socio-emotional traits, cognitive abilities, and …
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Liminal Butlers: Discussing a Comic Stereotype and the Progression of Class Distinctions in America
… who become scapegoats, trickster-figures, and mask-wearing sages in order to survive—attracting as many functions as possible in order to help society question notions of class. Although butlers and valets have existed for several centuries, the Victorian era molded the butler into a marginal …
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Saftey of Covid-19 Vaccines in Real World Studies
… such as lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing. However, the most effective approach to controlling this disease is through vaccinations (Chen, 2021). Substantial efforts have been dedicated to encouraging people in the United States to receive COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses. …
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The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on TB diagnosis in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
… to minimal restrictions on social gatherings and mask-wearing (alert level 1). South Africa subsequently experienced 5 Covid- 19 waves with 14 changes to alert levels. Significant reductions in recorded new tuberculosis diagnoses and tuberculosis mortality were observed during the Covid-19 …
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SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Vaccines
… lockdowns and preventative measures including mask wearing and social distancing. Several vaccines were rapidly developed. These included BioNTech Pfizer’s BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine, Moderna’s mRNA-1273 mRNA-based vaccine, and Oxford AstraZeneca’s viral vectored AZD1222 vaccine. These were …
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Evaluating the Effects of Pharmaceutical Interventions, Social Policies, and Exogeneous Shocks on People's Health and Behavior
… socio-behavioral policies such as lockdowns and mask-wearing mandates and companies to adopt remote and hybrid work practices. Natural experiments, such as the social isolation induced by the COVID-19 pandemic or incentive-based vaccine distribution programs aimed to bolster vaccine uptake during …
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Evaluation of the use of Wastewater Based Epidemiology as a Surveillance Tool and the Potential effects of Vaccines and Students Beliefs and Practices in Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19 Among Students at East Carolina University
… less restrictive behavior (e.g., visitors, mask wearing) in Fall 2021 compared to Spring 2021. Overall, this study showed that universities may successfully use surveillance techniques such as wastewater-based epidemiology to help determine when swarm testing of students should be initiated. …
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Determinants of compliance to Covid-19 standard precaution at a rural institution of higher learning in Limpopo Province, South Africa: retrospective study
… as severe. Most respondents believed that wearing a mask effectively reduces the risk of infection and were confident in their ability to tolerate mask use throughout the day. Institutional enforcement and communication were widely regarded as effective in promoting compliance. Awareness of …