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Key Factors in Complex Public Health Interventions to Address Vaccine Hesitancy Using a Multidisciplinary Approach: The VAX-TRUST Project
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Maria Ferrara; Elisa Langiano; Maurizio Esposito; Giuseppina Lo Moro; Rosalia Lombardi; Pia Vuolanto; Elisabetta De Vito – Health Education Research, 2024
The VAX-TRUST project addresses vaccine hesitancy in seven European countries with a systematic and evidence-based approach. Interventions, targeting healthcare professionals, draw from behavioural and social theories. A checklist, inspired by the TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication), ensures a detailed description of…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Immunization Programs, Public Health, Program Descriptions
HPV Vaccination of College Males: Strategizing against HPV Infection in College Students
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Cunningham-Erves, Jennifer; Talbott, Laura L. – College Student Journal, 2015
The disease burden of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among females and its associated sequelae have been widely studied by social and behavioral science researchers and medical professionals. Approved for administration to males as young as nine years old, the vaccination of males continues to spark much debate when older age groups are brought…
Descriptors: Males, College Students, Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Recommendations for Institutional Prematriculation Immunizations
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Journal of American College Health, 2011
The recommendations presented in this article are provided to colleges and universities to facilitate the implementation of a comprehensive institutional prematriculation immunization policy. Vaccine-preventable diseases continue to occur on American campuses. In response to changing epidemiology and the introduction of new vaccines, the ACHA…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Advisory Committees, State Legislation, Immunization Programs
The "10 Keys" to Healthy Aging: 24-Month Follow-Up Results from an Innovative Community-Based Prevention Program
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Robare, Joseph F.; Bayles, Constance M.; Newman, Anne B.; Williams, Kathy; Milas, Carole; Boudreau, Robert; McTigue, Kathleen; Albert, Steven M.; Taylor, Christopher; Kuller, Lewis H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
The purpose of this report was to evaluate a prevention program to reduce risk factors for common diseases among older individuals in a lower income community. This randomized community-based study enrolled older adults into a Brief Education and Counseling Intervention or a Brief Education and Counseling Intervention plus a physical activity and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Prevention, Immunization Programs
Day Care Infection Control Protocol.
Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health, Seattle, WA. – 1987
This day care infection control manual was assembled to provide technical guidance for the prevention and control of communicable diseases to child day care facilities in Seattle and King County, Washington. For each disease, the manual provides background information, public health control recommendations, and letters that can be used to…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
Immunization.
International Children's Centre, Paris (France). – 1979
These pamphlets present facts, background information and guides on the immunization of children against preventable diseases. Individual pamphlets are provided for mass media specialists, health personnel in the field, health policy makers and program administrators, as well as university personnel. Contents include a specification of the role of…
Descriptors: Children, Communicable Diseases, Cytology, Diseases