COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and health literacy in US Southern states.

Objectives: COVID-19 vaccination in the United States has stalled, with some of the lowest rates in the South. Vaccine hesitancy is a primary contributor and may be influenced by health literacy (HL). This study assessed the association between HL and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a population residing in 14 Southern states.

Demystifying the complexity and heterogeneity of recycling behavior in organizational settings: A mixed-methods approach.

Research on recycling has advanced across different disciplines, although the current knowledge about recycling behaviors at the corporate level remains elusive. While most studies on recycling are focused on households, there is no indication that people who recycle at home engage in similar behavior when at work. To understand how to facilitate recycling at work, this study investigates recycling behavior at work and its antecedents.

Rethinking and optimising post-consumer packaging waste: A sentiment analysis of consumers' perceptions towards the introduction of a deposit refund scheme in Scotland.

Packaging waste production, especially single-use containers, is exerting detrimental effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including human health. To internalise the externalities associated with single-use containers, different instruments, including a deposit refund scheme (DRS), have been operationalised in many countries. Therefore, DRS is introduced in Scotland to reduce plastic litters by increasing recycling rates and incentivising pro-environmental behavioural change.

Predicting bone turnover following tobacco exposure using bone alkaline phosphatase and N-telopeptide biomarkers and possible variability and effect modification of these markers by race/ethnicity.

This study investigated the systemic response of serum bone alkaline phosphatase (SBAP) and urinary N-telopeptide (UNTX) to tobacco exposure and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and the possible effect modification (and variability) of this response by racial/ethnic origin. Data (n=5411) were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, with data analysis done on adults aged ≥ 20years. Outcome variables were SBAP and UNTX.

Support for smoke-free public places among adults in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Introduction: There is no known safe level of secondhand smoke exposure; yet, less than 30% of the global population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free policies as of 2016 and there are few smoke-free policies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the support for smoke-free public places in SSA and delineates their correlates.

Methods: Data collected through the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (2012-2017) were analyzed using SAS for descriptive and multivariable analyses, with a significance level set at p < .

The Progress of Tobacco Control Research in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Past 50 Years: A Systematic Review of the Design and Methods of the Studies.

Over one billion of the world's population are smokers, with increasing tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries. However, information about the methodology of studies on tobacco control is limited. We conducted a literature search to examine and evaluate the methodological designs of published tobacco research in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the past 50 years.