Publications by authors named "M Kontio"
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- The study examined MMR vaccination rates among Somali children in Finland, finding high coverage with 96% of children born in 2015 and 81% born in 2020 vaccinated.
- Somali mothers showed limited knowledge of the vaccine, but their trust in healthcare and positive attitudes helped encourage vaccination.
- Further research is needed to explore declining vaccination coverage in younger Somali children despite strong support for immunization.
The long-term sustainment of bullying prevention programs has rarely been investigated. This study addresses this gap by identifying facilitators and barriers to the systematic implementation of KiVa antibullying program in real-life conditions, after an evaluation trial. The study is based on focus group interviews with teachers from 15 Finnish primary schools implementing the KiVa program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUEFA Euro 2020 tournament was scheduled to take place in 2020, but due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was rescheduled to start on 11 June 2021. Approximately 4500 Finnish spectators participated, travelling between Finland and Russia during the period of 16 to 30 June to attend matches played on 16 and 21 June. A total of 419 persons returning from Russia or with a connection to Russia were detected positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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- Sequence-based typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is crucial for detecting and investigating outbreaks, as demonstrated during a significant EU-wide outbreak linked to frozen berries in 2013, though challenges arose due to partial genomic comparability among countries.
- In 2014, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) surveyed EU/EEA countries to assess their HAV surveillance practices and proposed harmonized procedures to enhance cross-border outbreak response, focusing on sequencing methods.
- Follow-up surveys in 2016 showed an increase in countries participating in centralized collection and sequencing of HAV samples, but disparities in the specific genomic regions sequenced still exist, indicating that further collaboration is needed for effective surveillance.
We examined the sustainability of the KiVa antibullying program in Finland from its nationwide roll-out in 2009 to 2016. Using latent class analyses, we identified four different patterns of implementation. The persistent schools (43%) maintained a high likelihood of participation throughout the study period.
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