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Mathematical Model of Vaccine Noncompliance [PDF]
, 2016 Vaccine scares can prevent individuals from complying with a vaccination program. When compliance is high, the critical vaccination proportion is close to being met, and herd immunity occurs, bringing the disease incidence to extremely low levels.
Bauer, Jordan, Capaldi, Alex
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The Effects of Negative Legacies on the Adjustment of Parentally Bereaved Children and Adolescents [PDF]
, 2003 This is a report of a qualitative analysis of a sample of bereaved families in which one parent died and in which children scored in the clinical range on the Child Behavior Check List.
Achenbach T. M. +15 more
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig +13 more
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Noise and Health, 2014 Exposure to loud sound during leisure activities for long periods of time is an important area to implement preventive health education, especially among young people.
Keila Alessandra Baraldi Knobel +1 more
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Tail Asymptotics of Deflated Risks [PDF]
, 2013 Random deflated risk models have been considered in recent literatures. In this paper, we investigate second-order tail behavior of the deflated risk X=RS under the assumptions of second-order regular variation on the survival functions of the risk R and
Hashorva, E., Ling, C., Peng, Z.
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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez +14 more
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Decision-Making Competence Predicts Domain-Specific Risk Attitudes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Decision Making Competence (DMC) reflects individual differences in rational responding across several classic behavioral decision-making tasks. Although it has been associated with real-world risk behavior, less is known about the degree to which DMC ...
Joshua eWeller +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra +3 more
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Cogent Medicine, 2017 Objectives: We examined sexual identity and its relationship with risky sexual behavior among 60 men who have sex with men in Accra, Ghana and Lomé, Togo. Methods: We used mixed-methods to investigate this relationship. Results: Quantitative results show
Ami R. Moore +3 more
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Effectiveness and efficiency of improving HIV service provision for key populations in Nicaragua
Frontiers in Public Health, 2016 ObjectiveHIV in Nicaragua is concentrated among key populations (KPs) – men who have sex with men, female sex workers and female transgender – in whom prevalence is 600-4 000 times higher than the general population. The USAID PrevenSida Project is aimed
Edward Ivor Broughton
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