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Willingness to vaccinate against Covid-19 : a qualitative study involving older adults from Southern Switzerland

Fadda, Marta ; Suggs, L. Suzanne ; Albanese, Emiliano

In: Vaccine: X, 2021, vol. 8, p. 7

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption and suffering to people across the globe, with a disproportionate toll on the elderly. The development and equitable distribution of a vaccine seems to be the most promising and sustainable route ahead. The goal of this study was to explore older adults’ attitudes towards and beliefs regarding the Covid-19 vaccination in...

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Effect of smoke-free legislation on Ticino gastronomy revenue

Schulz, Peter ; Hartung, Uwe ; Fiordelli, Maddalena

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, no. 6, p. 861-866

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Swiss and Dutch “consumer-driven health care” : ideal model or reality?

Okma, Kieke G.H. ; Crivelli, Luca

In: Health policy, 2013, vol. 109, no. 2, p. 105-112

This article addresses three topics. First, it reports on the international interest in the health care reforms of Switzerland and The Netherlands in the 1990s and early 2000s that operate under the label “managed competition” or “consumer-driven health care.” Second, the article reviews the behavior assumptions that make plausible the case for the model of “managed competition.”...

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Micro-cultural differences in Switzerland : The effectiveness of targeted promotional messages in the field of organ donation

Dunkel, Anke ; Schulz, Peter (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2011 ; 2011COM006.

Public information campaigns have played an important role in increasing awareness of organ donation and the need for more organ donors. In a recent study, it was found that awareness and knowledge, regarding organ donation, represented only two of several factors in people’s decisions to engage in organ donation-related behaviors (Schulz et al., 2006). In addition, it was noted that the...