2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with and Without Cancer History: A US Population-based Study
Poghosyan H, Ni Z, Vlahov D, Nelson L, Nam S. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with and Without Cancer History: A US Population-based Study. Journal Of Community Health 2022, 48: 315-324. PMID: 36427111, PMCID: PMC9702715, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-022-01174-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancyCancer historyVaccine hesitancyMedicare beneficiariesVaccine uptakeMultivariable logistic regression modelCOVID-19 vaccine uptakeVaccine hesitancy ratesOngoing health conditionsCOVID-19 vaccinationLogistic regression modelsComplex survey designLack of recommendationsHesitancy ratesVaccine benefitsCommon reasonHesitant individualsSide effectsUS populationVaccineHealth conditionsCross-sectional dataHesitancyRegression models
1997
Hepatitis A Among Homosexual Men and Injection Drug Users: More Evidence for Vaccination
Villano S, Nelson K, Vlahov D, Purcell R, Saah A, Thomas D. Hepatitis A Among Homosexual Men and Injection Drug Users: More Evidence for Vaccination. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1997, 25: 726-728. PMID: 9314468, DOI: 10.1086/513757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersInjection drug useHAV infectionBlood donorsHomosexual malesHigh-risk drug use behaviorsDrug usersDrug useGeneral United States populationAge-adjusted prevalenceLow socioeconomic statusDrug use behaviorsUnited States populationHAV vaccineHepatitis ATotal antibodyVirus vaccineHomosexual menSexual partnersInfectionSerum samplesHAVSocioeconomic statusVaccineRisk
1994
HIV vaccines for injection drug users in the context of a comprehensive prevention agenda.
Vlahov D. HIV vaccines for injection drug users in the context of a comprehensive prevention agenda. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 1994, 10 Suppl 2: s3-6. PMID: 7865324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionHIV vaccineDrug usersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionEffective HIV vaccineInjection drug usersMajor health problemNeedle exchange programsHigh-risk behaviorsParenteral transmissionVirus infectionHealth problemsDrug abusePrevention agendaInfectionRisk reductionVaccineHIVPopulationAbstinenceExchange programs