Longitudinal trends in perceptions of COVID-19, vaccination, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among college students.

Objective: To assess changes in perceptions of COVID-19 worry and perceived severity, changes in COVID-19 vaccination status, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among college students.

Participants: 2,252 participants were recruited from a personal wellness course across four academic semesters at a large public university.

Methods: Participants completed an anonymous online survey.

Perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion within undergraduate curriculum and university: A qualitative study.

Objective: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts are important at university campuses, especially preparing students for the workforce. This study aimed to identify perceptions of DEI among seniors related to their major curriculum and at the university.

Participants: In Spring 2021, 101 graduating seniors, who are future health professionals, completed an online survey.

Public Librarian Perceptions of Assisting Immigrant Patrons: Results from a Multi-State Survey.

Public libraries in the United States (U.S.) are important sources of health information.

Comparison of COVID-19 Information Seeking, Trust of Information Sources, and Protective Behaviors in China and the US.

Due to the increasing amount of new information that is emerging about COVID-19, traditional and web-based information sources are commonly used to spread and seek information. This study compared differences in information seeking, trust of information sources, and use of protective behaviors (e.g.

Examining e-cigarette perspectives before and after the EVALI peak in cases.

Introduction: The use of e-cigarettes among youth and young adults has greatly increased, with national media outlets drawing attention to e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) hospitalizations.

Methods: U.S.

How Public Libraries Help Immigrants Adjust to Life in a New Country: A Review of the Literature.

Public library programs and services offer opportunities to help immigrants navigate daily life in unfamiliar surroundings and a new language. For example, language classes address the social determinants of health as they encourage social participation and community ties and help develop friendships. The purpose of this research was to conduct a narrative literature review to understand how immigrants use public libraries and how public library services influence the social determinants of health for immigrant populations.

"Then you raise them with Shirchoy or cookies": Understanding influences on delayed dietary diversity among children in Tajikistan.

Dietary diversity is a key component of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) as well as adult health. In Tajikistan, a predominantly rural, former Soviet country in Central Asia, we conducted formative research to identify barriers to dietary diversity and strategies for nutrition behaviour change. In Spring, 2016, mixed-methods data collection took place across 13 villages in all five regions, collecting collaborative mapping; structured assessments of stores and markets; home visits for dietary recalls; food storage, preparation, and meal observations; focus groups with pregnant women, mothers of young children, fathers, and mothers-in-law; and in-depth expert interviews with local nutrition and health influentials.

Social Media for Hepatitis B Awareness: Young Adult and Community Leader Perspectives.

Screening for hepatitis B (HBV) among high-risk young adults can help prevent its transmission and lead to earlier treatment and better long-term health outcomes. Yet few interventions have focused on increasing HBV awareness among young adults. Social media (SM) may be an effective method for disseminating information and engaging young adults about HBV.

Reliability and Validity of the Telephone-Based eHealth Literacy Scale Among Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Only a handful of studies have examined reliability and validity evidence of scores produced by the 8-item eHealth literacy Scale (eHEALS) among older adults. Older adults are generally more comfortable responding to survey items when asked by a real person rather than by completing self-administered paper-and-pencil or online questionnaires. However, no studies have explored the psychometrics of this scale when administered to older adults over the telephone.

Framing attention in Japanese and american comics: cross-cultural differences in attentional structure.

Research on visual attention has shown that Americans tend to focus more on focal objects of a scene while Asians attend to the surrounding environment. The panels of comic books - the narrative frames in sequential images - highlight aspects of a scene comparably to how attention becomes focused on parts of a spatial array. Thus, we compared panels from American and Japanese comics to explore cross-cultural cognition beyond behavioral experimentation by looking at the expressive mediums produced by individuals from these cultures.