Behavioral & Community Health Research Works

• Leveraging 13 million responses to the U.S. COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey to examine vaccine hesitancy, vaccination, and mask wearing, January 2021-February 2022 

  Nguyen, Quynh C.; Yardi, Isha; Gutierrez, Francia Ximena Marin; Mane, Heran; Yue, Xiaohe (Springer Nature, 2022-10-13)

  The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic called upon the joint efforts from the scientific and private sectors to work together to track vaccine acceptance and prevention behaviors. Our study utilized individual responses to ...

• Men missing from the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis 

  Nardell, Maria; Adeoti, Oluwatomi; Peters, Carson; Kakuhikire, Bernard; Govathson-Mandimika, Caroline; Long, Lawrence; Pascoe, Sophie; Tsai, Alexander; Katz, Ingrid (Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2022-03-24)

  Introduction: Men are missing along the HIV care continuum. However, the estimated proportions of men in sub-Saharan Africa meeting the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals vary substantially between studies. We sought to estimate ...

• Experiences of young parents with foster care backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic: Brief report 

  Shpiegel, Svetlana; Aparicio, Elizabeth (2021-12)

  The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unique challenges to parents of young children due to the closure of schools and childcare centers and increased caregiver burden. These challenges may be especially pronounced for youth ...

• The relationship between unsupervised time after school and physical activity in adolescent girls 

  Rushovich, Berenice R; Voorhees, Carolyn C; Davis, CE; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Pfeiffer, Karin A; Elder, John P; Going, Scott; Marino, Vivian G (Springer Nature, 2006-07-31)

  Rising obesity and declining physical activity levels are of great concern because of the associated health risks. Many children are left unsupervised after the school day ends, but little is known about the association ...

• Girls' perception of physical environmental factors and transportation: reliability and association with physical activity and active transport to school 

  Evenson, Kelly R; Birnbaum, Amanda S; Bedimo-Rung, Ariane L; Sallis, James F; Voorhees, Carolyn C; Ring, Kimberly; Elder, John P (Springer Nature, 2006-09-14)

  Preliminary evidence suggests that the physical environment and transportation are associated with youth physical activity levels. Only a few studies have examined the association of physical environmental factors on walking ...

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