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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Vaccine uptake"”.
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Exploring vaccine decision-making to identify and address barriers to vaccine uptake in Ireland
… achievements of the last century. However, vaccine uptake rates worldwide remain sub-optimal. The vaccine decision-making process is complex and multifaceted and multiple barriers to vaccine uptake have already been identified. However, these barriers are highly variable and context …
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Factors affecting childhood immunization across communities in Sokoto State, Nigeria, and recommendations to improve vaccine uptake
… of this life-saving intervention, deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) remain very high in Africa with an estimated half a million children dying from VPDs every year, representing approximately 58% of global VPD-related deaths. Globally, more than 22.7 million children estimated to …
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Assessment of three key vaccine attitudes and exploration of their impact on vaccine uptake status in college students.
… likely key variables in predicting vaccination uptake (Flu, COVID-19, and HPV) in college students. Previous research has shown attitudes to be important predictors of health behaviors. However, there is no widely used psychometrically validated measure of attitudes in the literature that can be …
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Preventing the spread of vaccine preventable diseases in NSW – exploring new strategies to improve vaccine uptake in vulnerable people
… literature, there continue to be outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Immunisation program planners need to consider new approaches to engage immunisation providers and recipients to ensure optimal vaccine uptake, …
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HPV Vaccination Uptake: Identifying Gaps, Barriers and Disparities in Canadian Population
… of HPV-related diseases. In Canada, the HPV vaccine was approved in 2006. In spite of proven benefits, HPV vaccine uptake is suspected to be low and variable across Canada. To maximize obtainable benefits from HPV vaccination, it is crucial to understand the dynamics and interplay of factors …
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Vaccine policy & vaccine politics: an analysis of United States vaccine uptake by state-level school and childcare vaccination mandate policies and state-level election results
… costs. Despite overwhelming evidence supporting vaccine safety and effectiveness, skepticism and hostility toward childhood vaccination has grown in recent decades, and has recently become a partisan political issue in the US. Statewide vaccination mandates in schools and childcare centers have …
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Health systems determinants of delivery and uptake of maternal vaccines in low and middle-income countries: A qualitative systematic review
… in quality health coverage and a high burden of vaccine-preventable diseases that affect both maternal and child health (MCH). There is a variety and increase of grey and published literature in recent years from LMICs on maternal vaccination programmes and their importance in addressing these …
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What college women know, think, and do about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine
… in the 15 to 24 year old age group. In 2006, HPV vaccine (Gardasil®) was approved for girls and women aged 9 to 26. However, the national vaccine uptake rate among young women has been low. HPV vaccine mandatory proposals have also been met with controversy. Some advocacy groups have voiced …
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Human Papillomavirus Knowledge and Human Papillomavirus Uptake Among U.S. Navy Personnel 18 to 26 Years of Age
… the U.S. military reports lower vaccination uptake rates than the national average. The HPV vaccine is recommended for males and females ages 9 to 26 years.</p> <p>The aims of this study were to (a) describe the general HPV knowledge, HPV testing knowledge, HPV vaccination knowledge, HPV …
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COVID-19 perspectives, prevention behavior, and vaccine intention among health workers in Sierra Leone : a low-resource context
… COVID-19 experiences, prevention behavior, and vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in Sierra Leone while exploring the applicability of the 5-C model in understanding their vaccine attitudes, intentions, and uptake. The study found that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact …
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Quantifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake
… early evidence from the first months of COVID-19 vaccine distribution suggests that racial and ethnic minority groups were underrepresented in the vaccinated population. However, previous analyses by race-ethnicity have not considered variation in patterns of inequality by geography, have focused …
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SHOULD COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS PROMOTING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE ADDRESS MISINFORMATION BELIEFS? IMPLICATIONS FROM TWO NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE LONGITUDINAL SURVEY STUDIES AND A RANDOMIZED ONLINE EXPERIMENT
… of COVID-19 vaccination) and subsequent vaccine uptake. Contrary to our hypothesis, Study 1 found a residual observed relationship between coronavirus misinformation beliefs and subsequent vaccine uptake even after adjusting for baseline behavioral beliefs. Intriguingly, post-hoc …
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CDC’S COVID-19 VACCINATION MESSAGES AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: A STUDY ON FACEBOOK POSTS
… use <em>Facebook</em> to disseminate COVID-19 vaccine messages and to get public engagement towards them over the past two years (2020-2022). Investigating the process of dialogic potentials of <em>Facebook</em> from the dialogic theory of public relations perspective, the current study …
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The impact of a comic book intervention on increasing East African-American adolescents’ HPV vaccine-related knowledge, attitudes and intentions to receive vaccine
Background: HPV vaccine uptake is low among East African-American (EAA) adolescents in the U.S. To improve HPV vaccine uptake in EAA communities, we developed a theory-based, community-informed comic book for adolescents as a part of an intervention targeting mothers and adolescents. We evaluated …
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Evaluating the Effects of Pharmaceutical Interventions, Social Policies, and Exogeneous Shocks on People's Health and Behavior
… an array of pharmaceutical (e.g., oral drugs, vaccines) and non-pharmaceutical solutions (e.g., preventative and behavioral health measures). Meanwhile, exogenous shocks such as pandemics also affect the health and well-being of aging and other vulnerable individuals or populations (e.g., …
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Filipino American Mothers’ Knowledge about Male HPV Vaccination and Intent to Vaccinate their Sons
… were unaware that boys were allowed to get the vaccine. In the Uganda study consisting of 1,508 parents, 83% of them believed that HVP vaccinations are very important for sons. Interestingly, in the third study in Caribbean Americans and African Americans, over 68% of parents were interested in …
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Hpv Vaccine Acceptance Among Southern Black College Students: The Influence of Culture, History, and Health Beliefs
… if measures are taken to promote acceptance and uptake. The purpose of the study was to explore historical and cultural influences and health beliefs on HPV vaccine acceptance among Black college students. Five hundred seventy-five Black male and female college students were recruited from three …
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Human Behavior in Epidemic Modelling
… Moreover, in order to assess whether vaccine preventable diseases can be eliminated through not compulsory vaccination programs, vaccination choices are investigated as well. The proposed models are based on an evolutionary game theory framework. Considering dynamical games allows …
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Provider Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) Among Adolescent Males in Southwest Georgia Counties and The Associated Hpv Prevalence in This Population
… in recommending the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to young male adolescents (aged 11-12), middle male adolescents (aged 13-17) and late male adolescents (aged 18-26) in rural Southwest Georgia counties. This research also aimed to identify factors associated with providers’ behaviors …
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