The Impact of School and After-School Friendship Networks on Adolescent Vaccination Behavior
| Autor: | Valentina Iacopino, Andrea Poscia, Antonia Iacovelli, Daniele Mascia, Stefania Boccia, Emanuela Maria Frisicale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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vaccination
adolescents’ health social network analysis LRQAP media_common.quotation_subject Immunology education Psychological intervention Ethnic group lcsh:Medicine Settore MED/01 - STATISTICA MEDICA Article Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Drug Discovery Similarity (psychology) Health care Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine Social network analysis Settore MED/42 - IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA media_common Pharmacology business.industry 030503 health policy & services lcsh:R Interpersonal ties Friendship Infectious Diseases 0305 other medical science Social circle business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Vaccines Volume 8 Issue 1 Vaccines, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 55 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2076-393X |
| Popis: | Psychological and social characteristics of individuals are important determinants of their health choices and behaviors. Social networks represent &ldquo pipes&rdquo through which information and opinions circulate and spread out in the social circle surrounding individuals, influencing their propensity toward important health care interventions. This paper aims to explore the relationship between students&rsquo vaccination health choices and their social networks. We administered a questionnaire to students to collect data on individual students&rsquo demographics, knowledge, and attitudes about vaccinations, as well as their social networks. Forty-nine pupils belonging to 4 classrooms in an Italian secondary school were enrolled in the study. We applied a logistic regression quadratic assignment procedure (LR-QAP) by regressing students&rsquo positive responsive behavior similarity as a dependent variable. LRQAP findings indicate that students&rsquo vaccination behavior similarity is significantly associated with after-school social ties and related social mechanisms, suggesting that pupils are more likely to share information and knowledge about health behaviors through social relationships maintained after school hours rather than through those established during the school day. Moreover, we found that vaccination behaviors are more similar for those students having the same ethnicity as well as for those belonging to the same class. Our findings may help policymakers in implementing effective vaccination strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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