Objective Improve (HPV) vaccination rates in a college-aged population using a strategic toolkit for student health services. Participants Eighteen to twenty-six year-olds enrolled at Johns Hopkins University who utilized the Student Health & Wellness Center (JHU SHWC) during the study period. ...
Use of a Low-Literacy Patient Education Tool to Enhance Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates. Use of a low-literacy patient education tool to enhance pneumococcal vaccination rates. A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1999; 282:646-650... Jacobson,Terry,A.,... - 《Jama Journal of the American Medica...
The highest mortality rates occur among the elderly, in whom the case-fatality rate for pneumococcal bacteremia is approximately 30% to 40%. It is estimated that approximately half of these deaths could be prevented through vaccination [1]. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the ...
These studies tested the effectiveness of behaviorally informed nudges delivered via SMS to increase vaccination rates of flu shots among two populations: approximately 700,000 Walmart pharmacy patients and approximately 50,000 primary care patients at Penn Medicine and Geisinger. The rationale for nudgin...
Using the Health Belief Model to develop educational strategies to improve pertussis vaccination rates among preschool staff.The number of pertussis or "whooping cough" cases has steadily increased in the United States in the last 20 years. Many of the cases are adults who have not kept up with...
that educated the public, partnered with communities and usedpersonal experiencesto educate the public. The study found limited support for broad implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mandates as a way to improve vaccination rates. Additionally, incentive programs were also believed to have limited ...
and missed opportunities to offer vaccination services during patient-provider encounters.Strategies to improve influenza and pneumococcal vaccination of all those at risk should include continued a) assessment of factors accounting for differential race/ethnicity-specific vaccination rates, particularly physician...
Furthermore, better use of mass media, social media, and the internet to disseminate evidence-based facts about the vaccine and COVID-19 is advocated [17]; encouraging patients with diabetes to accept the COVID-19 vaccine through (social) media campaigns may increase vaccination rates in this ...
it is a top priority to continue developing newSpnvaccination strategies to harness immunological insight and increase the magnitude of protection provided. As emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO), it is also crucial to broaden the implementation of vaccines that are already obtainable in...
to induce expression of HIV-1 genes, allowing for infected cells to be cleared by cytolytic immune cells. The role of innate immunity in HIV-1 pathogenesis is best understood in the context of acute infection. Here, we suggest that innate immunity can also be used to improve the efficacy ...