Publications by authors named "Suyane Viana de O Mesquita"

Uninsured Latin American immigrant women are at increased risk for vaccine preventable diseases, such as cervical cancer; yet gaps in vaccine coverage persist. The purpose of this study was to explore vaccine-related knowledge, attitudes and decision-making for tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY), and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among uninsured Latin American immigrant mothers of adolescent daughters. A purposive sample of 30 low-income, uninsured, predominantly Latin-American immigrant mothers of adolescent daughters aged 13-17 were recruited from two academic-community managed health clinics in Virginia.

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The 2014-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa led to advances in the development of vaccines against Ebola. This study examined factors associated with willingness to pay for an Ebola vaccine among a U.S.

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