Università della Svizzera italiana

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...

Università della Svizzera italiana

A transdisciplinary analysis of COVID-19 in Italy : the most affected country in Europe

Ortenzi, Flaminia ; Albanese, Emiliano ; Fadda, Marta

In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020, vol. 17, no. 24, p. 12 p

As of 27 March 2020, 199 countries and territories and one international conveyance are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the same date, Italy represents the third country worldwide in total number of cases and the first one in total number of deaths. The purpose of this study is to analyse the Italian case and identify key problem questions and lessons learned from the Italian...

Université de Fribourg

Corona Immunitas: study protocol of a nationwide program of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and seroepidemiologic studies in Switzerland

West, Erin A. ; Anker, Daniela ; Amati, Rebecca ; Richard, Aude ; Wisniak, Ania ; Butty, Audrey ; Albanese, Emiliano ; Bochud, Murielle ; Chiolero, Arnaud ; Crivelli, Luca ; Cullati, Stéphane ; d'Acremont, Valérie ; Epure, Adina Mihaela ; Fehr, Jan ; Flahault, Antoine ; Fornerod, Luc ; Frank, Irène ; Frei, Anja ; Michel, Gisela ; Gonseth, Semira ; Guessous, Idris ; Imboden, Medea ; Kahlert, Christian R. ; Kaufmann, Laurent ; Kohler, Philipp ; Mösli, Nicolai ; Paris, Daniel ; Probst-Hensch, Nicole ; Rodondi, Nicolas ; Stringhini, Silvia ; Vermes, Thomas ; Vollrath, Fabian ; the Corona Immunitas Research Group

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2020, vol. 65, no. 9, p. 1529–1548

Objectives Seroprevalence studies to assess the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population and subgroups are key for evaluating mitigation and vaccination policies and for understanding the spread of the disease both on the national level and for comparison with the international community. Methods Corona Immunitas is a research program of coordinated, population-based,...