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Journal of Animal Science ; 101:111-111, 2023.
Article in English | Academic Search Complete | ID: covidwho-2320250

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Partially due to COVID-19 education adaptations, students and teachers alike have become more normalized to online learning platforms. While this can be valuable, it has led to an increased concern that students resist in-person meetings, lack animal and personal interactive skills and many social and cultural cues. Online platforms can allow globalized learning, but there is considerable difference between interactive study abroad education and online delivery methods. After 2 years of COVID-19 impacting study abroad programs, NC State University programs reopened in Spring 2022, although the interest and availability were understandably less than pre-pandemic years. The novel ANS 395 course Thailand: Global Animal Management Issues, Concerns and Solutions was offered Summer 2022 as a two-week, three credit hour course with 17 undergraduate students. Of these students, at least 24% had never flown, 35% had never traveled outside the USA and many more had not traveled since they were young. ANS 395 explores Thai culture and its influence on cat, dog, and elephant management as compared with North American norms. The students were housed near Chiang Mai, Thailand at a large animal sanctuary that is residence to over 100 elephants, 600 dogs and 2,000 cats. In ANS 395, students were taught and allowed to participate in basic veterinary techniques including physical exams, blood collections, IV catheter placement, suturing, medical injections, skin scraping, fecal testing, feed intake assessment, and surgical (spay/neuter) preparation. Students were able to interact with numerous animal professionals and rescued animal species in unique situations including cats in large outdoor population holding areas, semi aggressive and / or paralyzed dogs, elephants that had been severely abused, suffered landmine wounds, or were geriatric. Over 90% of the Thai population identifies as Buddhist. This presents a unique animal management learning perspective since Buddhism teaches the avoidance of all work that involves any killing of animals. Therefore, euthanasia is avoided in most veterinary cases. In contrast, many of the unique animal situations discussed above would be considered for individual humane euthanasia in North America. The novelty of ANS 395 for both instructors and students did not allow for research into how the opinions of the students on ethics and animal care may have been altered by the first offering of this course. Students were asked to Likert scale rank their Thailand animal science experience from 1(poor) to 10 (best). The average was 9/10 (n = 17). This indicates that the student's post-pandemic valued and enjoyed their interactive study abroad experience. However, instructors did note potential post pandemic increases in social interaction difficulties. As this course develops, knowledge from 2022 will allow student assessment on ethical standpoints regarding animal care prior and post travel to understand cultural and animal management opinion changes after real world exposure. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Animal Science is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

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J Womens Health (Larchmt) ; 32(5): 513-520, 2023 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2272360

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Objectives: We investigated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) opinions, experiences, and willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy at two prenatal clinics in early 2021 and early 2022. Materials and Methods: Paper questionnaires were distributed to pregnant women at prenatal care facilities in Virginia and Florida between January and April 2021 and January and April 2022. Questions regarding acceptance and opinions of the influenza vaccine served as a baseline to assess COVID-19 vaccine opinions. Associations between demographic parameters and vaccine opinions and acceptance were examined using Chi-square. A COVID-19 concern score was constructed by principal component analysis with differences between groups assessed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results: Many participants (40.6%) reported that the COVID pandemic had affected their pregnancy. Main themes were problems with social networks, increased stress/anxiety, and being more cautious. In 2021, 19.5% reported they would accept a COVID-19 vaccination during their pregnancy, which increased to 45.8% in 2022. Vaccine hesitancy did not vary by race or between sites, but educational attainment was significant (p < 0.001). Women with a higher concern score were more likely to report they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. Women who would accept COVID vaccination had a positive opinion regarding the influenza vaccine. Main themes for refusing COVID-19 vaccination were concerns about side effects, lack of research/data, and mistrust of vaccines. Conclusions: The proportion of women willing to accept COVID-19 vaccination increased but remained below 50%. Willingness to accept vaccination during pregnancy was associated with higher education, higher concern about COVID-19, and a positive opinion of the influenza vaccine.


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COVID-19 , Influenza Vaccines , Influenza, Human , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Influenza Vaccines/therapeutic use , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Pregnant Women , COVID-19 Vaccines/therapeutic use , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Influenza, Human/prevention & control
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