The effectiveness of mask-wearing policies to protect against COVID-19

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Julie Cook Kitchener Oct 28, 2020 1:08 am
Hi everyone, If you'd like to know more about how effective mask-wearing policies have been in protecting against COVID-19, there's an interesting research study that was conduct…

COVID Lockdowns & Alcohol Consumption: What is the relationship?

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Julie Cook Kitchener Feb 8, 2021 19:56 pm
Hi everyone, I've done some research to find out what the effect of the COVID lockdowns have had on alcohol consumption. Several news stories (e.g. ABC news; Global News) report …

Factors affecting HPV vaccine acceptance in west Austria: Do we need to revise the current immunization scheme?

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Borena, W., Luckner-Hornischer, A., Katzgraber, F., & Holm-von Laer, D., (2016). Factors affecting HPV vaccine acceptance in west Austria: Do we need to revise the current immunization scheme? Papillomavirus Research, 2, 173-177.
Background: Austria introduced a school-based gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program in February 2014. In order to assure high coverage, factors influencin…

Prostate cancer screening behaviours and its related cognitive psychological factors among men over 50 years of age using the health belief model.

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Barati, M., Bashirian, S., Amirzargar, M. A., Mousali, A. A., & Saatiasr, M. H., (2018). Prostate cancer screening behaviours and its related cognitive psychological factors among men over 50 years of age using the health belief model. HAYAT, 23(4), 345-357.
Background & Aim: Prostate carcinoma is the most common cancer among men and the second lethal cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the prostate cancer screening behavio…

Barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening practices among African immigrant women living in Brisbane, Australia.

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Anaman-Torgbor, J. A., King, J., & Correa-Velez, I., (2017). Barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening practices among African immigrant women living in Brisbane, Australia. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 31, 22-29.
Purpose: To describe barriers and facilitators of cervical screening practices among African immigrant women living in Brisbane, Australia.  Method: Nineteen African immigrant wo…

Knowledge and awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine among young women in the first routinely vaccinated cohort in England.

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Bowyer, H. L., Marlow, L. A. V., Hibbitts, S., Pollock, K. G., & Waller, J., (2013). Knowledge and awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine among young women in the first routinely vaccinated cohort in England. Vaccine, 31, 1051-1056.
A national school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme has been available for 12–13 year old females in the UK since 2008, offering protection against HPV types …

Reasons for acceptance or refusal of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in a California pediatric practice.

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Brown, B., Gabra, M. I., & Pellman, H., (2017). Reasons for acceptance or refusal of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in a California pediatric practice. Papillomavirus Research, 3, 42-45.
Despite the effectiveness and availability of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, HPV remains the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and has the l…

Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area, Mysore, India.

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Degarege, A., Krupp, K., Fennie, K., Srinivas, V., Li, T., Stephens, D. P., Marlow, L. A. V., Arun, A., & Madhivanan, P., (2018). Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area, Mysore, India. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 31, 583-591.
Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine factors predicting human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area in …

Associations in breast and colon cancer screening behaviour in women.

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Carlos, R. C., Fendrick, M., Patterson, S. K., & Bernstein, S. J., (2005). Associations in breast and colon cancer screening behaviour in women. Academic Radiology, 12, 451-458.
Gender-based psychosocial factors appear to influence colorectal cancer (CRC) screening adherence. Given its near-universal acceptance by the public, screening mammography represe…

A quality improvement initiative to increase HPV vaccine rates using an educational and reminder strategy with parents of preteen girls.

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Cassidy, B., Braxter, B., Charron-Prochownik, D., & Schlenk, E. A., (2014). A quality improvement initiative to increase HPV vaccine rates using an educational and reminder strategy with parents of preteen girls. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 28, 155-164.
Introduction: A quality improvement project was undertaken to determine if an evidence-based educational brochure and reminder system can increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vacci…

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