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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of a Community Health Worker (CHW)-led influenza campaign on knowledge and attitudes about vaccination in Latinx migrant and refugee populations. METHODS: Twelve online workshops were conducted with 183 participants and 24 CHWs between January 12 and May 12, 2021. Participants were Latinx families living in underserved communities throughout Washington state. The initiative also included radio, animated videos, advertisements, social media, and educational materials. RESULTS: Analysis of pre and post workshop surveys from 155 participants showed statistically significant improvements in all questions about the definition of influenza, symptoms, and risks: and in 7 of 9 questions about treatments and vaccines. Analysis of 2 open-ended questions showed increases in words key to understanding influenza, such as "virus," "illness," "death," and "contagious." There were significant increases in rates of participants identifying vaccination and antibiotics as cures for influenza. CONCLUSIONS: CHW-led workshops can be an effective way to increase knowledge about influenza and influenza vaccine. Future curriculum should emphasize the difference between viruses and bacteria, and the use of vaccination for prevention as opposed to treatment for illness.
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Influenza, Human , Refugees , Transients and Migrants , Community Health Workers , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Promotion , Humans , Influenza, Human/prevention & control , Surveys and Questionnaires , VaccinationABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The popularity of social networks provide an incredible opportunity to enhance the impact of preventive medicine programs. We aimed to assess whether a targeted Facebook campaign among mothers may increase the uptake of human Papilloma virus (HPV) immunization among their 8th-grade daughters. METHODS: This field study was conducted among the members of a state-mandated health organization in Israel. Included were all 21,592 members who were mothers to 14 year-old daughters in the 2018-19 school-year. A total of 17,271 (80%) were randomly allocated to the campaign arm and the rest (n=4,321) were selected as a reference group. The Facebook ads addressed issues and concerns regarding HPV-related diseases and HPV vaccine. Main outcome measures were Facebook metrics on exposure to campaign and HPV immunization among eighth grade daughters of the study participants. RESULTS: Between 8/2018-10/2018, Facebook ads were shown 1.8-million times (a reach of 88%). The uptake of HPV vaccine among daughters of women allocated to the campaign arm (55.3%) was similar (p = 0.749) to 55.0% in the control group. The only significant differences between study groups were observed when stratifying by SES level. In the lowest SES quartile, Facebook campaign significantly (p = .02) reduced vaccine uptake (35% vs. 39.0%), with a relative risk of 0.90 (95%CI: 0.82-0.98), while in the second SES quartile, Facebook campaign increased vaccine uptake from 52.6% to 55.8%, with a RR of 1.06 (95%CI,1.00-1.12). Among mothers in higher SES levels, daughters of exposed and unexposed mothers had similar immunization rates. CONCLUSIONS: Facebook campaign may increase the uptake of HPV vaccine among daughters to mothers of medium-to-low SES level, but it may reduce vaccination among lower SES groups.
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Papillomavirus Vaccines/administration & dosage , Social Media/statistics & numerical data , Vaccination/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Arabs/statistics & numerical data , Female , Health Promotion/methods , Humans , Israel , Jews/statistics & numerical data , Mothers , Nuclear Family , Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control , Socioeconomic Factors , Vaccination/psychologyABSTRACT
Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de afecciones oculares en la población de Pinar del Río y realizar acciones resolutivas terapéuticas con la finalidad de revertir la condición existente.Métodos: se realizó un estudio prospectivo y de intervención desde 2006 hasta 2010, mediante una pesquisa activa casa a casa. El universo fue la población mayo o igual a 5 años de edad de los 14 municipios de la provincia (estimado de 685 961 en el año 2006) y la muestra por los evaluados (605 915). Se implementaron estrategias de resolución de las afecciones encontradas...
Methods: a prospective and interventional study was conducted from 2006 to 2010, based on an active screening of houses. The universe was the population aged = 5 years from the 14 municipalities of the province (685 961 in 2006) and the sample was formed by those evaluated (605 915). Some strategies aimed to cope with these diseases were implemented...
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Humans , Male , Female , Primary Health Care/methods , Blindness/prevention & control , Eye Diseases/epidemiology , Eye Diseases/ethnology , Health Promotion/methods , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de afecciones oculares en la población de Pinar del Río y realizar acciones resolutivas terapéuticas con la finalidad de revertir la condición existente.Métodos: se realizó un estudio prospectivo y de intervención desde 2006 hasta 2010, mediante una pesquisa activa casa a casa. El universo fue la población mayo o igual a 5 años de edad de los 14 municipios de la provincia (estimado de 685 961 en el año 2006) y la muestra por los evaluados (605 915). Se implementaron estrategias de resolución de las afecciones encontradas...
Methods: a prospective and interventional study was conducted from 2006 to 2010, based on an active screening of houses. The universe was the population aged = 5 years from the 14 municipalities of the province (685 961 in 2006) and the sample was formed by those evaluated (605 915). Some strategies aimed to cope with these diseases were implemented...
