A pre-vaccine analysis using the Health Belief Model to explain parents' willingness to vaccinate (WTV) their children in the United States: implications for vaccination programs.

Background: This study uses the Health Belief Model (HBM) to explain parents' willingness to vaccinate (WTV) their children with COVID-19 vaccine in the United States (US). The analysis included determining if vaccination choice among parents statistically varied based on geography among the sample collected.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered on November 2020.

Primary Factors Influencing the Decision to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in the United States: A Pre-Vaccine Analysis.

Because vaccine hesitancy is a dynamic trait, it is critical to identify and compare the contributing factors at the different stages of a pandemic. The prediction of vaccine decision making and the interpretation of the analytical relationships among variables that encompass public perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensively limited to the studies conducted after the administration of the first FDA-approved vaccine in December of 2020. In order to fill the gap in the literature, we used six predictive models and identified the most important factors, via Gini importance measures, that contribute to the prediction of COVID-19 vaccine acceptors and refusers using a nationwide survey that was administered in November 2020, before the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines.

Parents' willingness to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and their children in the United States.

Differences in obtaining a vaccine vary based on a multitude of factors including perceptions of vaccine safety, efficacy and willingness to pay (WTP). This study focuses on parent perceptions toward a vaccine for COVID-19 including their WTP decisions for their children and themselves. A mixed methods design using a cross-sectional survey was used to assess the perceptions of US parents, with children under 18, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Single molecule distribution of RhD binding epitopes on ultraflat erythrocyte ghosts.

The Rh blood group system plays a key role in transfusion and organ transplant medicine. The complex transmembrane Rh polypeptides RhD and RhCE carry numerous antigens, including the extremely immunogenic D antigen. The Rh polypeptides form multimolecular Rh complexes with certain transmembrane and skeletal proteins, with so far only incompletely understood physiological functions.

Elementary student and teacher perceptions of a mindfulness and yoga-based program in school: A qualitative evaluation.

Research Question: What are the qualitative insights and perspectives about the implementation of a mindfulness and yoga-based program from elementary youth and teachers?

Context: A mindfulness and yoga-based curriculum was implemented in 15 schools. The curriculum was taught to students during a physical education or dance class by instructors who were within each school and received training on the curriculum.

Sample Selection: Volunteer focus group elementary students who participated for one year and teachers who did not implement the program were qualitatively interviewed, by three trained University researchers.

Perceptions of college and university presidents regarding tobacco-free campus policies.

Objective: To identify college presidents' support for tobacco-free campus policies (TFCP), perceived barriers and benefits to implementing such policies, and activities that might initiate policy adoption.

Participants: Participants were 405 presidents (51% of 796 delivered surveys) from a national sample of eligible 4-year institutions in summer 2012.

Methods: A 4-page, 24-item cross-sectional questionnaire was mailed to potential participants in 4 waves to maximize the response rate.

Strategies for implementing a tobacco-free campus policy.

This report examines the rationale for creating a tobacco-free campus to utilize in passing antitobacco policies, and recommendations for overcoming barriers. As with any type of advocacy effort, a variety of impediments exist, including lack of administrative and staff support, absence of student involvement, and sparse resources. A variety of potential remedies and advocacy opportunities are explored and delineated.

Hookah use among college students from a Midwest University.

National data indicate nearly a quarter of college students smoked from a hookah at some point in their lifetime regardless of gender. To address this issue, researchers assessed the perceptions, knowledge, beliefs of hookah users at a large Midwestern University and also determined what other drug related high-risk behaviors were associated with this behavior. An anonymous, online survey was sent to 2,000 randomly selected undergraduate students from a large Midwestern University.

Physician assistants training on firearm injury prevention.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess physician assistant training programs incorporation of firearm injury prevention training in their curricula. Also, content of such programs as well as perceived benefits and barriers of providing such training were explored.

Methods: A three-wave postal mailing of a 24-item questionnaire was sent to the population (n=145) of physician assistant program directors.

Improved quality control of [18F]fluoromethylcholine.

Objectives: With respect to the broad application of [(18)F-methyl]fluorocholine (FCH), there is a need for a safe, but also efficient and convenient way for routine quality control of FCH. Therefore, a GC- method should be developed and validated which allows the simultaneous quantitation of all chemical impurities and residual solvents such as acetonitrile, ethanol, dibromomethane and N,N-dimethylaminoethanol.

Methods: Analytical GC has been performed with a GC-capillary column Optima 1701 (50 m×0.