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Front Public Health ; 11: 1124206, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2327859

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Compared to other-race peers, Black women are disproportionately impacted by human papillomavirus [HPV] infection, related health outcomes, and cervical cancer mortality as a result of suboptimal HPV vaccine uptake during adolescence. Few studies in the United States have examined psychosocial determinants of HPV vaccine acceptability and hesitancy among Black parents. The current study integrated the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior to evaluate the extent to which psychosocial factors are associated with pediatric HPV vaccination intentions among this population. Methods: Black mothers (N = 402; age range = 25 to 69 years, M = 37.45, SD = 7.88) of daughters ages 9 to 15 years completed an online survey assessing HPV infection and vaccine beliefs and attitudes across four domains: Mother's HPV Perceptions, Mother's Vaccine Attitudes, Cues to Action, and Perceived Barriers to HPV Vaccination. Participants indicated their willingness to vaccinate their daughter on a 5-level ordinal scale ("I will definitely not have my daughter get the vaccine" to "I will definitely have my daughter get the vaccine") which was dichotomously recoded for binomial logistic regressions. Results: Half of the sample (48%) intended to vaccinate their daughter. Number of daughters, mother's HPV vaccine status, perceived HPV vaccine benefits, HPV vaccine safety concerns, pediatric HPV vaccine peer norms, and doctor recommendations emerged as independent factors of Black mothers' intentions to vaccinate their daughters against HPV when controlling for all other factors. Discussion: In addition to medical training to increase doctor recommendation of the HPV vaccine for Black girls, population-tailored public health messaging aimed at promoting HPV vaccine acceptance among Black mothers is urgently needed. This messaging should engage community support and emphasize the benefits of vaccination for adolescent Black girls while also addressing parental concerns regarding the safety of pediatric HPV vaccination.


Subject(s)
Papillomavirus Infections , Papillomavirus Vaccines , Adolescent , Female , Humans , United States , Child , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Mothers/psychology , Nuclear Family , Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 20(8)2023 04 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2300908

ABSTRACT

Air traffic bans in response to the spread of the coronavirus have changed the sound situation of urban areas around airports. This study aimed to investigate the effect of this unprecedented event on the community response to noise before and after the international flight operation at Tan Son Nhat Airport (TSN) in March 2020. The "before" survey was conducted in August 2019, and the two "after" surveys were conducted in June and September 2020. Structural equation models (SEMs) for noise annoyance and insomnia were developed by linking the questionnaire items of the social surveys. The first effort aimed to achieve a common model of noise annoyance and insomnia, corresponding to the situation before and after the change, respectively. Approximately, 1200 responses were obtained from surveys conducted in 12 residential areas around TSN in 2019 and 2020. The average daily flight numbers observed in August 2019 during the two surveys conducted in 2020 were 728, 413, and 299, respectively. The sound pressure levels of the 12 sites around TSN decreased from 45-81 dB (mean = 64, SD = 9.8) in 2019 to 41-76 dB (mean = 60, SD = 9.8) and 41-73 dB (mean = 59, SD = 9.3) in June and September 2020, respectively. The SEM indicated that the residents' health was related to increased annoyance and insomnia.


Subject(s)
Aviation , Noise, Transportation , Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders , Humans , Airports , Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/epidemiology , Nuclear Family , Aircraft , Environmental Exposure
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BMC Ophthalmol ; 23(1): 113, 2023 Mar 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2298726

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Vogt‒Koyanagi‒Harada (VKH) disease is a multifactorial systemic autoimmune disorder against melanocytes that is characterized by panuveitis. Familial occurrence of VKH disease is rare. Here, we report two cases of a father and his son with characteristic manifestations of VKH disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 53-year-old male with typical clinical symptoms of VKH disease was referred to Tangshan Eye Hospital. Examination showed the presence of ciliochoroidal effusion and exudative retinal detachment in both eyes. The patient was given intravenous methylprednisolone 120 mg for 2 days and intravenous methylprednisolone 80 mg for 1 day followed by 48 mg (1 mg/kg/day) oral methylprednisolone daily, accompanied by oral azathioprine 50 mg daily. Cycloplegic agent (0.5% tropicamide three times daily [TID]) was added. The patient was free of symptoms and recurrence within more than 1-year-follow-up period, the best corrected visual acuity (BVCA) was increased and maintained in both eyes with complete resolution of subretinal fluid. One year and nine months later, case 2 (his son) also presented with the typical clinical symptoms of VKH disease at 29 years of age. The son also recovered from VKH disease after routine and standard treatment. CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first VKH disease case report of a father-son relationship. Although genetic factors have been demonstrated to be involved in the pathogenesis of VKH disease, the different inheritance modes of VKH patients need to be further explored and studied.


Subject(s)
Glucocorticoids , Methylprednisolone , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Fathers , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use , Nuclear Family , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/diagnosis , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/drug therapy , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/complications , Adult , Visual Acuity , Treatment Outcome
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Matern Child Health J ; 26(6): 1181-1186, 2022 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1844432

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Understand whether and how Black adolescent daughters' relationships with their single mothers could be strengthened through an intervention to address adverse experiences and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Five Black adolescent daughters of single mothers and five Black single mothers with adolescent daughters were interviewed during the pandemic who participated in a program designed to improve Black adolescent daughter-single mother relationships. RESULTS: Changes in work and school requirements impacted the daughter-mother relationship, with most respondents suggesting their relationships improved during COVID-19 due to involvement in this program. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the stress and strain of COVID-19, involvement in similar programs can strengthen daughter-mother relationships.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Mothers , Adolescent , Female , Humans , Mother-Child Relations , Nuclear Family , Pandemics
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J Adv Nurs ; 78(5): 1493-1502, 2022 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1706488

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AIMS: The objectives of this research protocol are as follows: to examine the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and social care for migrant women in the Son Gotleu district of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and to develop outreach tools to target this specific group. DESIGN: This is a qualitative study that uses content analysis to obtain in-depth knowledge of personal experience (manifest content) and contextual experience (latent content) in a specific social setting. METHODS: The study population are migrant women living in Son Gotleu district, who are segmented by their age and experience of COVID-19, defined as positive or negative according to whether or not they have been infected with the disease. RESULTS: The shortcomings and needs relating to communication and health care that affect this group's current and future quality of life will be identified. CONCLUSION: The study of migrant women offers a gateway allowing vulnerability in health care to be detected. An awareness of their needs will allow prototype tools to be developed to facilitate communication and care for general and acute health needs between the scientific community and the vulnerable population.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Transients and Migrants , COVID-19/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Nuclear Family , Pandemics , Quality of Life , Social Support
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Acad Med ; 96(12): 1683, 2021 12 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1672270
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Psychoanal Q ; 90(4): 599-624, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1611013

ABSTRACT

Through a detailed clinical vignette, this essay explores the impact of a life-threatening pandemic on a Holocaust survivor's daughter whose father was a victim of life-threatening events. The following issues are discussed: intermingling of the patient's perception of the pandemic with her mental representation of the Holocaust, changes in analytic technique necessary during the period of lockdown, and the disentanglement of the patient's perception of current reality from her fantasies regarding her father's Holocaust past.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Holocaust , Nuclear Family , Survivors , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/psychology , Fantasy , Father-Child Relations , Female , Holocaust/psychology , Humans , Life Change Events , Nuclear Family/psychology , Pandemics , Perception , Quarantine/psychology , Survivors/psychology
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Res Gerontol Nurs ; 14(4): 191-199, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1278556

ABSTRACT

The current study used purposeful and snowball sampling to interview 12 daughters who were care-givers to their parents with Alzheimer's disease. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using Colaizzi's descriptive phenomenological approach. Caregiving years ranged from 1 to 10 years, with a mean of 5 years. Six themes were uncovered: (a) Where Are You When I Need You?; (b) Safety First; (c) I Don't Know What to Say or How to Say It; (d) They Are Beautiful People, but They Aren't Trained; (e) Letting Go of Who They Were; and (f) It Affects Every Area of My Life. Findings suggest that caregiver daughters of parents with AD living at home are struggling and indicate a need for better support of caregivers. Implications for nursing practice, research, and education are significant and require a greater focus on the support of informal caregivers of persons with AD. [Research in Gerontological Nursing, 14(4), 191-199.].


Subject(s)
Alzheimer Disease , Caregivers , Humans , Nuclear Family , Parents
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Aging Ment Health ; 26(3): 578-585, 2022 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1189379

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Older adults' greater susceptibility to mortality from COVID-19 may have meaningful psychological implications not only for them, but also for their children. In this study, we focused on daughters of older women and examined the intergenerational relationships as a correlate of daughters' anxiety, depressive symptoms, and psychosomatic complaints.Method: Data were collected from 456 daughters of older mothers (M(age) = 40.82) during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Israel, when a relatively strict lockdown was enforced, separating mothers and daughters.Results: Findings suggest that while mothers' objective risk factors (age and morbidity) were mostly not associated with their daughters' distress, the daughters' concern about their mothers, and their perceived ambivalence in the relationship with the mother, as well as structural and affectual solidarity, were.Conclusion: We conclude that the mother-daughter relationship is an important correlate of daughters' reactions to this health crisis. Practically, it suggests that some daughters to aging mothers could be at a greater risk for emotional distress following the COVID-19 outbreak.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Mothers , Adult Children/psychology , Aged , Anxiety/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control , Emotions , Female , Humans , Mother-Child Relations/psychology , Mothers/psychology , Nuclear Family/psychology , SARS-CoV-2
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Res Aging ; 44(1): 3-9, 2022 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1054767

ABSTRACT

We examined the extent to which a daughter's worries are related to her mother's perceived worries about COVID-19 (i.e., the daughter's perception of her mother's worries). Regard, defined as reciprocity, closeness or compatibility, and responsibility, defined as guilt, burden and protectiveness, were measured as potential moderators of the relationship between the daughter's worries and her mother's perceived worries. A convenience sample of 438 women between the ages of 30 and 60 completed an online survey. We found a significant correlation between daughters' and mothers' perceived COVID-19 worries. This association was moderated by the daughters' regard. For those daughters that characterized their relations as high on regard, higher levels of COVID-19 worries were associated with higher levels of perceived worries among mothers. The importance of considering the relationships between daughters and mothers, during the pandemic is discussed.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Mothers , Female , Humans , Nuclear Family , SARS-CoV-2 , Surveys and Questionnaires
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Eur J Intern Med ; 77: 138, 2020 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-141589
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