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1. 1. Dog owner knowledge and attitudes towards oral vaccination : a field study on canine rabies in Lao PDR

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Elsa Holmström; [2023]
   Keywords : canines; zoonoses; vaccine prevention; vaccine preferences;

   Abstract : Rabies is a fatal viral disease causing around 59,000 deaths each year worldwide. Out of all deaths, 95% occur in Africa and Asia. In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) rabies is endemic with dogs being the main virus reservoir. All mammals can be infected by the rabies virus but up to 99% of human rabies cases are transmitted by dogs. READ MORE

3. 2. Investigating the relationship between economic preferences and attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Rasmus Eriksson; [2022-02-14]
   Keywords : COVID-19; attitudes towards vaccination; vaccination willingness; economic preferences; risk preferences; risk aversion; ambiguity preferences; ambiguity aversion; other regarding preferences; altruism; freeriding; conditional cooperation;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between economic preferences and attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19. These relationships are important to explore in order to design correct and effective vaccination policies that can increase vaccination willingness and decrease vaccination hesitancy. READ MORE

4. 3. The Quiet Part Out Loud - Conspiracy theories and the rhetoric among activists in Sweden related to the Coronavirus pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Felix Adolfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : anti-vaccination; Covid-19; digital environments; stigmatized knowledge; democracy; far-right ideology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. READ MORE

5. 4. Utilization and attitudes to gynecological preventive care in Sweden : A case study of Polish immigrants

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Zofia Olga Loszewska; [2022]
   Keywords : HPV; Sexual and reproductive health; Polish immigrants; Swedish gynecological services; cytology; Pap test; HPV vaccination; women’s health;

   Abstract : This study examines the accessibility and barriers that Polish immigrants face in public gynecological care in Sweden and explains their attitudes towards and frequency of gynecological visits. To understand attitudes of the research group, the study explores their knowledge about basic gynecological health topics such as Pap and HPV tests, HPV infections and vaccinations. READ MORE

6. 5. FRAMING VACCINES IN THE MEDIA. An examination of the United States media coverage of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine and the Human Papillomavirus vaccine

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Nicole DeLay; [2021-07-30]
   Keywords : politicization of science; vaccines; vaccination; science communication; MMR; HPV; Fox News; The New York Times;

   Abstract : This study examines the news coverage in two different online media outlets, the New York Times and Fox News, in their reporting on two different vaccines, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR). It uncovers media frames in the respective outlets in order to evaluate if political divides in attitudes towards the respective vaccines can be attributed to the media portrayals in these outlets. READ MORE