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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In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 918
Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study examined whether the objectively assessed and the perceived neighbourhood are associated with children’s sedentary behaviour time (SBT). A comprehensive set of factors at different levels of...
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In: Nutrients, 2018, vol. 10, no. 11, p. 1563
Peru is undergoing a nutrition transition and, at the country level, it faces a double burden of disease where several different conditions require dietary changes to maintain a healthy life and prevent complications. Through semistructured interviews in rural Peru with people affected by three infectious and noninfectious chronic conditions (type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and...
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In: Journal of clinical medicine, 2020, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 15 p
Novel strategies are needed to address vaccine hesitancy (VH), which correlates with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In Switzerland, CAM providers play important roles in vaccine counseling of vaccine hesitant (VH) parents, and traditional vaccination messaging tends to overlook CAM provider perspectives. In the setting of a Swiss national research program on VH, our key strategy ...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2017 ; 2017COM014.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a serious health problem, and is a risk factor for several non- communicable diseases. Poor nutrition and lack of regular physical activity are among the primary determinants of overweight and obesity. Data show that overweight and obesity rates are high in, and that the Swiss population does not adhere to the nutritional guidelines provided...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2016 ; 2016COM010.
This study has examined how the ‘Ageing Society’ -a society with a rapidly ageing population, a growing share of older persons and a decreasing share of younger persons- and its implications for the Belgian population are represented in the Belgian quality newspaper De Standaard (2011-2013). As such, the study delivered first-time Belgian empirical findings about the coverage of the...
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In: The European Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 25, p. -
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In: The European Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 25, no. 1, p. 162-166
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In: The European Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 25, p. -
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In: The European Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 25, p. -
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