scholarly journals Individual factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in between and during pandemic waves (July–December 2020)

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Valckx ◽  
Jonas Crèvecoeur ◽  
Frederik Verelst ◽  
Maren Vranckx ◽  
Greet Hendrickx ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Factors ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Experience is Key: Examining the Relative Importance of Factors Influencing Individuals’ Water Conservation

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derrick Holland ◽  
Kristina Janét ◽  
Asheley Landrum
Keyword(s):  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Message Framing ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Resource Managers

Conservation of our global natural resources is one of the most pressing concerns facing our international society. One of these crucial resources is water. The current study sought to understand how individual factors such as experience with water scarcity, message framing, and ideology can impact perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors related to water conservation. Through the utilization of an online experiment, the current findings suggest that higher levels of experience with water scarcity predict more concern, more positive credibility perceptions of water conservation messages, and a higher likelihood of conserving water in the future. Message framing, specifically gain frames, predicted more concern and more positive perceptions of message credibility, and ideology only predicted perceptions of message credibility. Implications for global communities, resource managers, and policy decision-makers are discussed.

Individual factors influencing risk perceptions of hazardous chemicals in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 109523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiezhong Liu ◽  
Huyuan Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Li ◽  
Hubo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Hazardous Chemicals ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Registered Nurses in China during 2017-2018: an Internet Panel Survey (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Li ◽  
Jianxing Yu ◽  
Xiang Ren ◽  
Chuchu Ye ◽  
Keqing Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Principal Factors

BACKGROUND Influenza vaccination is recommended for nurses in China but is not mandatory or offered free of charge. Identifying factors that impact seasonal influenza vaccine acceptance among nurses in China may inform strategies to increase vaccination coverage in this high priority group. OBJECTIVE To determine influenza vaccination coverage and the principal factors influencing influenza vaccination among nurses in China. METHODS During March 22-April 1, 2018, we conducted an opt-in internet panel survey among registered nurses in China. Respondents were recruited from an internet-based training platform for nurses. We assessed influenza vaccination status and factors influencing influenza vaccine acceptance and refusal. RESULTS Among 22,888 nurses invited to participate, 4,706 responded, and 4,153 were valid respondents. Overall, 257 (6%) nurses reported receiving the seasonal influenza vaccine during the 2017/18 season. Vaccination coverage was highest among nurses working in Beijing (10%, P<.001) and nurses working in primary care (12%, P=.023). The top three reasons for not being vaccinated were lack of time (28%), not knowing where and when to get vaccinated (14%), and lack of confidence in the vaccine’s effectiveness (12%). Overall, 41% of nurses reported experiencing at least one episode of influenza-like illness (ILI) during the 2017/18 season; 87% of nurses kept working while sick, and 25% of nurses reported ever recommending influenza vaccination to patients. Compared with nurses who did not receive influenza vaccination in the 2017/18 season, nurses who received influenza vaccination were more likely to recommend influenza vaccination to patients (67% vs. 22%, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Influenza vaccination coverage among nurses was low, and only a small proportion recommended influenza vaccine to patients. Our findings highlight the need for a multi-pronged strategy to increase influenza vaccination among nurses in China.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ perspectives on environmental and individual factors influencing their health behaviours

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Nicole Naadu Ofosu ◽  
Kate Storey ◽  
Paul J. Veugelers
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Influencing

Adolescence is an important life phase in which future patterns of adult health are established. Therefore, there is a need to understand the barriers and enhancers of adolescents’ health to better support their development. We explored adolescents’ perspectives on factors influencing their health behaviours using a qualitative descriptive approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 junior high and high school students in Northern Alberta, who had participated in a 2015/16 Youth Health Survey. Thematic analyses revealed three themes: 1) knowledge, 2) contextual factors (home environment and school environment) and 3) individual factors (self-motivation and personal responsibility). Overall, the students were extensive in their description of healthy lifestyles, but their use of this knowledge was dependent on contextual and individual factors. They described the importance of the home and school environment in supporting healthy lifestyles, particularly by providing the right kind of knowledge and opportunities to cultivate and maintain a healthy lifestyle. They also identified self-motivation and personal responsibility as individual factors of influence on their health behaviours and practices. The students placed a great emphasis on personal responsibility for their health behaviours, despite the necessity of environmental and social supports for encouraging healthy lifestyles. School-based health promotion programs, which take a comprehensive health approach fosters a supportive environment for healthy lifestyle behaviours.

scholarly journals The impact of factors influencing destination quality on overall customer satisfaction

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 2917-2922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Vajčnerová ◽  
Jakub Šácha ◽  
Kateřina Ryglová
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Regression Parameters ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The Impact

The paper deals with problems concerning tourist destination quality and the impact of individual factors on the overall satisfaction of a customer – a visitor to a destination. The methodology is based on the evaluation of individual factors that were identified on the basis of previously conducted researches and that consider all attributes of a destination which visitors are able to evaluate on the basis of their experience and consequent satisfaction. The used data were obtained by a questionnaire surveys, the evaluation is qualitative, and the ten-degree Likert scale is used. The practical part of the paper will focus on creating a multidimensional regression model for overall customer satisfaction for evaluating individual quality factors. The objective of the paper is to identify factors that influence overall customer satisfaction the most; this will be done on the basis of the statistical importance of individual regression parameters. The analysis will be conducted for the data from the regions of Lednice-Valtice Area and Znojemsko and Podyjí; subsequently these two regions will be compared.

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