Publications by authors named "S Kokko"
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- The study evaluates a new meningococcal vaccine (MenABCWY) that combines components of the existing MenB vaccine (4CMenB) and the MenACWY vaccine, aiming to provide broad immunization against various meningococcal strains and ease vaccination schedules.
- Conducted as a phase 3 randomized trial across multiple countries, healthy participants aged 10-25 were assigned to receive different vaccine schedules to assess safety, immune response, and consistency of vaccine lots.
- The trial primarily focused on the immune response to MenB strains, comparing MenABCWY's effectiveness to 4CMenB and evaluating the consistency of immune responses among different production lots of the vaccines.
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- Meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) vaccination with the 4CMenB vaccine was tested for its effectiveness and safety among 3,651 healthy participants aged 10 to 25, using different dosing schedules (0-2, 0-6, and 0-2-6 months).
- The study measured the immune response through two methods: a test-based approach showing high immune breadth (over 78%) and a responder-based approach indicating a significant percentage of participants achieved strong responses (up to 93.4% for the 0-2-6 schedule).
- The results showed no major differences in effectiveness across the dosing schedules, confirming that the simpler 2-dose regimen (0-2)
As a way of modeling healthier eating habits for their children, parents may intentionally avoid consuming sugary foods and drinks (SFDs) in their presence but consume these on other occasions (later referred to as parental secretive eating). This study aimed to 1) explore the prevalence of parental secretive eating, 2) investigate the associations between parental secretive eating and SFD consumption in parents and children, and 3) qualitatively explore the reasons for parental secretive eating. Participants were Finnish mothers (n = 362), fathers (n = 123), and their 3-6-year-old children (n = 403); this data was collected in 2017 as part of the baseline assessment of the DAGIS intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Varying trends in children's and adolescents' physical activity (PA) have been reported during the last 10-20 years. Trends in sedentary behavior (SB) have been studied only rarely. The purpose of the present study was to describe population-based trends in accelerometer-measured PA, standing and SB, among Finnish 7-15-year-old children and adolescents, and to evaluate the potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on these behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study focused on how adolescents' perceptions of coaches' health promotion activity predict maintained participation and dropout in organized sports in emerging adulthood. In addition, differences in lifestyle habits between maintainers, dropouts, and nonparticipants in organized sports were explored.
Materials And Methods: Overall, 616 adolescents reported organized sports participation in the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study at ages 15 and 19.