Publications by authors named "D E Callaghan"

Purpose: Adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates continue to remain lower than other adolescent vaccines, both nationwide and in Iowa. This study examined predictors of missed opportunities for first-dose HPV vaccine administrations in Iowa in order to conduct more targeted outreach and improve adolescent HPV vaccine uptake.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to identify predictors of missed opportunities for first-dose HPV vaccination in Iowa adolescents using Iowa's Immunization Registry Information System.

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  • Bryophytes are significant photoautotrophs that play key roles in water retention, carbon fixation, and nitrogen cycling across various ecosystems including forests, tundras, and deserts.
  • Research highlights the importance of understanding how climate change affects bryophytes, as they can both buffer ecosystems from changes and face survival challenges due to unknown tolerance thresholds.
  • As ecosystems shift due to climate change, the influence of bryophytes on global biogeochemical cycles may change, potentially altering the magnitude of their impact on ecosystem functions.
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Data cleansing practices aimed to improve data quality in immunization information systems (IIS) continue to be identified and evaluated by immunization programs to generate accurate and reliable immunization coverage rates. The Iowa Immunization Program has implemented several automated, daily data cleansing practices to improve the quality of records in Iowa's Immunization Registry Information System (IRIS), including the process of sealing records of deceased individuals through vital records matching. This process removes deceased individual records from the active IIS population, which helps reduce denominator inflation and improve the accuracy of immunization rate calculations.

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As organizations have recognized their cause/solution relationship with the environment, increasing attention is being given to the role of employees make in achieving green organizational objectives. Even though, business sustainability initiatives are often led by leaders; employee green behavior (EGB) plays a vital role in success of such initiatives. The current paper focuses on relatively less researched topic of EGB.

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