Publications by authors named "Fanny Tang"
Article Synopsis
- A quasi-experimental study assessed a pay-it-forward strategy for boosting influenza vaccinations among children and older adults in China, comparing it against a self-paid approach.
- The pay-it-forward model provided free vaccinations and encouraged participants to donate or promote future vaccinations, using a decision-tree model for economic evaluation.
- Results showed that while pay-it-forward was more effective in getting people vaccinated (111 vs. 55), it was also costlier ($4477 vs. $2725), and a significant majority (96.4%) opted to donate for future vaccinations, indicating potential for broader implementation.
Background: China has low seasonal influenza vaccination rates among priority populations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate a pay-it-forward strategy to increase influenza vaccine uptake in rural, suburban, and urban settings in China.
Methods: We performed a quasi-experimental pragmatic trial to examine the effectiveness of a pay-it-forward intervention (a free influenza vaccine and an opportunity to donate financially to support vaccination of other individuals) to increase influenza vaccine uptake compared with standard-of-care user-paid vaccination among children (aged between 6 months and 8 years) and older people (≥60 years) in China.
Objective: Determine prevalence and types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies used and test the significance of demographics and social cognitive constructs as predictors of CAM use in a college sample. Secondary purpose was to guide the integration of CAM therapies into college health services.
Participants: Random, stratified sample of 2,553 undergraduates and graduate students enrolled at Columbia University.