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Facilitators and barriers HPV unvaccinated girls after 5 years of program implementation

2014

Understanding perceptions and characteristics of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinated and non-vaccinated girls can inform communication activities and vaccine delivery strategies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate knowledge and factors associated with HPV unvaccinated girls after five years of vaccination program implementation in Sicily, an Italian region with low vaccination coverage (<50.0%). A cross-sectional study was conducted through a questionnaire designed to assess knowledge and vaccination status of girls of 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 birth cohorts. The sample consisted of 350 girls who attended three high schools. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted…

Health Knowledge Attitudes Practicemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentCross-sectional studyImmunologyLogistic regressionSurveys and QuestionnairesmedicineHumansImmunology and AllergyPapillomavirus VaccinesHPV vaccination barriers HPV vaccination knowledge HPV infection knowledge friends as source of information pediatrician/general practitioner as source of information HPV vaccine efficacy HPV vaccine securityStudentsSicilyPharmacologyGynecologyCervical cancerbusiness.industryPapillomavirus InfectionsVaccinationPatient Acceptance of Health Caremedicine.diseaseVaccinationCross-Sectional StudiesIncreased riskVaccination coverageFamily medicineVaccine refusalFemaleBirth cohortbusinessResearch PaperHuman Vaccines &amp; Immunotherapeutics
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Survey of Italian pediatricians’ perspectives and knowledge about neonatal screening

2015

Background The goal of newborn screening is early identification of babies with a high risk for disorders that may not be clinically evident at birth, but have severe consequences if untreated. New insight into inherited diseases and the ability to test for numerous diseases using new technique such as tandem mass spectrometry have made it practical to greatly expand the number of conditions tested. The expanded neonatal screening is now available and relatively simple, but this represents only a part of the picture. Positive results require follow-up confirmation. Most disorders screened require confirmatory biochemical or genetic tests and specialist visits. An efficient system is needed …

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The social role of pediatrics in the past and present times.

2021

AbstractPediatrics and society are closely related. This link is as old as the history of Pediatrics, and dates to the second half of the eighteenth century. The vocation of the first European pediatric schools, indeed, was clinical and scientific, as well as social. The founding fathers of Pediatrics were scientists of great talent, and many of them benefactors and philanthropists. They spent their lives assisting the suffering childhood, and became promoters and organizers of social securities for the poorest and most vulnerable categories. The attention to the problems of abandonment was closely linked to study, prevention, and treatment of pathologies (especially infectious, deficiency …

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