The National Immunization Survey (NIS) family of surveys includes NIS-Child, which monitors vaccination coverage for the U.S. population of children aged 19-35 months; NIS- Teen, which monitors vaccination coverage for the U.S. population of adolescents aged 13-17; and NIS-Flu, which monitors influenza vaccination coverage for the U.S. population of children aged 6 months through 17 years. This report describes the methods used in this family of surveys during the 2005-2014 period.
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Cureus
December 2024
Otolaryngology and Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.
Introduction Studies assessing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake in survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancers are sparse. We examined HPV vaccine uptake between survivors of CAYA cancer aged 18-35 and 18-35-year-old respondents without a cancer diagnosis in the United States. Methods We used the 2017-2018 National Health Interview Survey, a national, annual cross-sectional national dataset that monitors health-related information on the non-institutionalized civilian population in the United States.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
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J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
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Department of Medicine, Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences, Muzaffrabad, Pakistan.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate healthcare workers (HCWs) acceptance of the HMPXV vaccine in Pakistan and identify influencing factors.
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Vaccine
January 2025
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbes and Biosafety, Shenzhen campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China; School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China. Electronic address:
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Cureus
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Social Sciences School, Hellenic Open University, Athens, GRC.
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