Factors Associated With COVID-19 Non-Vaccination in Switzerland: A Nationwide Study

Objectives: We compared socio-demographic characteristics, health-related variables, vaccination-related beliefs and attitudes, vaccination acceptance, and personality traits of individuals who vaccinated against COVID-19 and who did not vaccinate by December 2021. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data of 10,642 adult participants from the Corona Immunitas eCohort, an age-stratified random sample of the population of several cantons in Switzerland. We used multivariable logistic regression models to explore associations of vaccination status with socio-demographic, health, and behavioral factors. Results: Non-vaccinated individuals represented 12.4% of the sample. Compared to vaccinated individuals, non-vaccinated individuals were more likely to be younger, healthier, employed, have lower income, not worried about their health, have previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, express lower vaccination acceptance, and/or report higher conscientiousness. Among non-vaccinated individuals, 19.9% and 21.3% had low confidence in the safety and effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, respectively. However, 29.1% and 26.7% of individuals with concerns about vaccine effectiveness and side effects at baseline, respectively vaccinated during the study period. Conclusion: In addition to known socio-demographic and health-related factors, non-vaccination was associated with concerns regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness

Factors Associated With COVID-19 Non-Vaccination in Switzerland: A Nationwide Study

Objectives: We compared socio-demographic characteristics, health-related variables, vaccination-related beliefs and attitudes, vaccination acceptance, and personality traits of individuals who vaccinated against COVID-19 and who did not vaccinate by December 2021.Methods: This cross-sectional study used data of 10,642 adult participants from the Corona Immunitas eCohort, an age-stratified random sample of the population of several cantons in Switzerland. We used multivariable logistic regression models to explore associations of vaccination status with socio-demographic, health, and behavioral factors.Results: Non-vaccinated individuals represented 12.4% of the sample. Compared to vaccinated individuals, non-vaccinated individuals were more likely to be younger, healthier, employed, have lower income, not worried about their health, have previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, express lower vaccination acceptance, and/or report higher conscientiousness. Among non-vaccinated individuals, 19.9% and 21.3% had low confidence in the safety and effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, respectively. However, 29.1% and 26.7% of individuals with concerns about vaccine effectiveness and side effects at baseline, respectively vaccinated during the study period.Conclusion: In addition to known socio-demographic and health-related factors, non-vaccination was associated with concerns regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness

The role of political communication in constructing cyber places: some insights from Lecce (Italy) and Galway (Ireland)

Tourism imagery has long been disseminated by tourism agencies with the aim of influencing tourist behaviour. Tourists themselves have always had the potential to influence this process but until recently, the tourist information-sharing process was largely confined to the private realm. However, with the rise of digitisation, the narratives that arise from tourists interpreting their holiday experiences have been increasingly publicly shared through \u2018a digitally networked public sphere where [experiences are] photographed, tweeted, tumblred and instagrammed to global followers\u2019 (Freeman and Sheller 2015:1). As such, the social worlds within which tourists share their narratives become much broader, facilitated by platforms like Tripadvisor. These platforms create virtual communities enabling electronic word of mouth (e-wom) to become extremely powerful in shaping tourism imaginaries. This paper reports the findings of a study that analyses 30 photographs posted on Instagram by Ireland\u2019s destination marketing organisation over the period May \u2013 August 2021. The photographs studied had been produced in the first instance by a variety of photographers, both amateur and professional, and posted by @TourismIreland with due credits. The findings point to the co-creative possibilities that technology affords for shaping tourist imaginaries. According to Xie, Guan, Liu and Huan (2021: 448) \u2018the research on co-creation experience in virtual tourist communities is very limited\u2019. In particular, this study yields insights into how such co-creation processes might start. In focusing on the initial one-on-one interaction between the tourism agency and individual photographers, the paper goes beyond prevalent debates about the role of communal platforms like Trip Advisor, while simultaneously probing deeper into key moments in the formation of such communal interactivity. Additionally, fully aware of the argument that the rise of social media gives more power to tourists (Akehurst, 2009), the findings point to how Tourism Ireland has adapted well in exploiting user-generated images that have already been popularly received in the marketplace so as to shape tourism imaginaries about Ireland. Thus, the paper raises questions about which stakeholders actually hold most power to influence online conversations about tourism space (Mehraliev, Choi and King 2021)

ED Visits Related to Marijuana Exposures in the Denver Metropolitan Area of Colorado

To explore whether disparities exist among persons seeking emergency department (ED) care related to marijuana use, we developed marijuana case (MJCs) definitions, provided an overview of the prevalence of ED visits related to marijuana use, and identified differences in MJCs by age, gender, and geographic location. Males and persons aged 18-44 years constituted a higher proportion of MJCs, which may be related to differences in usage patterns as identified by the BehaviOral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Denver and Arapahoe Counties had a higher percentage of pediatric MJCs. More advanced spatial analysis will describe details of geographic disparities in the research

ED Visits Related to Marijuana Exposures in the Denver Metropolitan Area of Colorado

To explore whether disparities exist among persons seeking emergency department (ED) care related to marijuana use, we developed marijuana case (MJCs) definitions, provided an overview of the prevalence of ED visits related to marijuana use, and identified differences in MJCs by age, gender, and geographic location. Males and persons aged 18-44 years constituted a higher proportion of MJCs, which may be related to differences in usage patterns as identified by the BehaviOral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Denver and Arapahoe Counties had a higher percentage of pediatric MJCs. More advanced spatial analysis will describe details of geographic disparities in the research

HealthWise Spring 2004

The Spring, 2004 issue of HealthWise. This issue includes articles on immunizations in New Mexico, antibiotics overuse, hand sanitizer use in schools, and controlling head lice.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cooperative agreement U48-CCU610818-0