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1. Leadership corner: Maternal infant health

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Darina V. Petrovsky, Carli A. Zegers, and Janet S. Carpenter

Subjects
Leadership, Maternal Health, Environmental health, Humans, Infant, Infant Health, Infant health, Healthcare Disparities, Psychology, Health Services Accessibility, General Nursing
Published
2021

2. COVID-19 Behaviors and Beliefs Toward Immunizations among College Students in Lima, Peru

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Jhonnel S J Williams, Juan Mendigure, Gladys I Moran Parades, Orfelina Mariñas Acevedo, Micayla Lacey, Norma G. Cuellar, Carli A. Zegers, and Anika Remuzgo Artezano

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, COVID-19 Vaccines, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Population, Ethnic group, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, Peru, medicine, Humans, education, Students, General Nursing, education.field_of_study, Academic year, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccination, COVID-19, Family medicine, Marital status, Descriptive research, business, Psychology
Abstract

Introduction: Peru has experienced one of the highest rates of COVID-19 with only 27% of the population vaccinated. College students must make decisions on vaccination based on their belief and knowledge about immunizations. The purpose of this study was to describe COVID-19 behaviors and beliefs toward immunization among college students in Lima, Peru. Methods: Undergraduate students from Universidad Maria Auxiliadora (UMA) participated in this descriptive study. The CDC National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey was adapted to measure behaviors and beliefs about immunizations of COVID-19. Results: 818 students participated in the study during the 2020 academic year. Significant differences were identified about taking vaccine when it was available by age ( p = .02), gender ( p

Published
2021

3. Improved Knowledge of Disaster Preparedness in Underrepresented Secondary Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Author

Elaine Beach, Carli A. Zegers, and Sharon White-Lewis

Subjects
Education intervention, Health Personnel, Disaster Planning, Education, law.invention, Disasters, 03 medical and health sciences, Underserved Population, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, 030225 pediatrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Quasi experimental study, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Students, Curriculum, Medical education, Health professionals, Emergency management, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Philosophy, Disaster preparedness, Psychology, business
Abstract

BACKGROUND Disasters cause significant human and monetary destruction and society as a whole is underprepared to address them. Disaster preparedness education is not covered extensively enough for health professionals or for the general public. METHODS A disaster preparedness education intervention was performed using a non-randomized controlled trial of a convenience sample with a pre- and post-intervention survey. The adapted Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ), a validated survey tool, was utilized. Participants came from a health professions educational enrichment program for students from under-resourced high schools in the Kansas City area. RESULTS The experimental group shows statistically significant improvement in knowledge of disaster topics post-intervention. Of 18 adapted EPIQ tool questions, 17 show statistically significant improvement in disaster knowledge post-intervention for the experimental group with significance set at p

Published
2020

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