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Quantifying the prevalence and determinants of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine hesitancy in US adults aged 60 or older.
Public Health
January 2025
Professor of the Practice, School of Data Science & Society, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Federal regulators have approved two RSV vaccines for adults 60 and older, but there's limited understanding of this group's intentions and barriers to vaccination.
- A survey of 1,200 US adults, including 362 seniors, revealed that 53% intend to refuse the RSV vaccine, with only 14% having been vaccinated by late fall 2023.
- The study highlights significant vaccine hesitancy among seniors, indicating that beliefs about vaccine safety and efficacy, alongside prior vaccination behaviors, influence their willingness to get vaccinated.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Oral Health of Patients with Special Needs.
Dent Clin North Am
April 2022
Oral Health Program, Division of Community Health & Equity, Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Preventive Services, 3 Capitol Hill, Suite 302, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency due to the spread of COVID-19, and medical and dental elective care was suspended, disproportionally affecting persons with special needs. As many of the special needs population live in a communal environment, they were at higher risk of being infected with and dying of COVID-19. Consequently, their access to medical and dental services was limited to emergency care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe relationship between smoking status and health-related quality of life among smokers who participated in a 1-year smoking cessation programme in Taiwan: a cohort study using the EQ-5D.
BMJ Open
May 2015
Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Objective: To assess the relationship between smoking status and health-related quality of life 1 year after participation in a smoking cessation programme in Taiwan.
Design: A cohort study of smokers who voluntarily participated in a smoking cessation programme with two follow-up assessments of smoking status via telephone interview, conducted 6 months and 1 year after finishing the smoking cessation programme.
Setting: Hospitals and clinics providing smoking cessation services.
Update: rubella and congenital rubella syndrome, 1980-1990.
Epidemiol Rev
February 1992
Division of Immunization, Center for Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.