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Open AccessHerpes zoster (HZ) vaccine coverage and confidence in Italy: a Nationwide cross-sectional study, the OBVIOUS project
Herpes Zoster is an age dependent disease and as such it represents a problem in the Italian social context, where the demographic curve is characterized by an overrepresentation of the elderly population. Vac...
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Open AccessThe experience of traumatic events, psychological distress, and social support: links to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and trends with age in a group of older Australians
Vaccination is important to reduce disease-associated morbidity and mortality in an ageing global population. While older adults are more likely than younger adults to accept vaccines, some remain hesitant. We...
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Open AccessRates and determinants of Rotavirus vaccine uptake among children in Italy: a cross-sectional study within the 2022 OBVIOUS* project
The World Health Organization defines rotavirus as among the most severe causes of viral gastroenteritis affecting children under 5 year old. Italy and other European countries do not release disaggregated dat...
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Open AccessPneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy: results from the OBVIOUS project survey
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, including Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPDs), pose a substantial public health challenge, causing significant morbidity and mortality, especially among children and older ...
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Values in Risk Communication About COVID-19
This chapter explores how and why risk communication in an outbreak or pandemic context should take account of values. The chapter first briefly discusses the fact that values have been very little explored in...
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Open AccessExamining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine
As immunisation program launches have previously demonstrated, it is essential that careful planning occurs now to ensure the readiness of the public for a COVID-19 vaccine. As part of that process, this study...
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Open AccessToward effective government communication strategies in the era of COVID-19
Several countries have successfully reduced their COVID-19 infection rate early, while others have been overwhelmed. The reasons for the differences are complex, but response efficacy has in part depended on t...
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Risk Communication Should be Explicit About Values. A Perspective on Early Communication During COVID-19
This article explores the consequences of failure to communicate early, as recommended in risk communication scholarship, during the first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and the United Kingdom. We...
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Open AccessA systematic review of studies that measure parental vaccine attitudes and beliefs in childhood vaccination
Acceptance of vaccines is an important predictor of vaccine uptake. This has public health implications as those who are not vaccinated are at a higher risk of infection from vaccine preventable diseases. We a...
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Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition
Governments around the world have implemented measures to manage the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While the majority of these measures are proving effective, they have a high social and...
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Open AccessHow organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation
Vaccination misinformation is associated with serious public health consequences, such as a decrease in vaccination rates and a risk of disease outbreaks. Although social media offers organisations promoting v...
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Open AccessVaccination hesitancy in the antenatal period: a cross-sectional survey
Recent reports of childhood vaccination coverage in Australia have shown steadily improving vaccination coverage and narrowing differences between highest and lowest coverage regions, yet the NSW North Coast c...
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“It just forces hardship”: impacts of government financial penalties on non-vaccinating parents
Despite strong evidence confirming vaccination is safe and effective, some parents choose not to vaccinate their children. In 2016, the Australian Government introduced legislation strengthening links between ...
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Vaccine Rejecting Parents’ Engagement With Expert Systems That Inform Vaccination Programs
In attempting to provide protection to individuals and communities, childhood immunization has benefits that far outweigh disease risks. However, some parents decide not to immunize their children with some or...
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Open AccessThe impact of a vaccine scare on parental views, trust and information needs: a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia
Vaccine safety scares can undermine public confidence in vaccines and decrease immunisation rates. Understanding and addressing parental concerns arising during such scares can assist in lessening their impact...
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Open AccessWhen parents won’t vaccinate their children: a qualitative investigation of australian primary care providers’ experiences
Increasingly, the experiences and perceptions of parents who decline vaccination are the subject of investigation. However, the experiences of clinicians who encounter these parents in the course of their work...
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Open AccessHPV.edu study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents
The National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program in Australia commenced in 2007 for females and in 2013 for males, using the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (HPV 6,11,16,18). Thus far, we have demonstrated...
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The impact of influenza-like illness in young children on their parents: a quality of life survey
Influenza-like illness can cause excess paediatric morbidity and burden on parents.
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Quality of life for parents of children with influenza-like illness: development and validation of Care-ILI-QoL
Influenza-like illnesses (ILI) cause paediatric morbidity and affect the quality of life (QoL) of children and their parents. We have developed a disease-specific questionnaire (Care-ILI-QoL) to measure the Qo...
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Condition-specific quality of life questionnaires for caregivers of children with pediatric conditions: a systematic review
Childhood illness or disability can affect the quality of life (QoL) of the child’s primary caregiver. Our aim was to identify, describe the content and systematically review the psychometric properties of con...
