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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical students by Lucia, Victoria C, Kelekar, Arati, Afonso, Nelia M

“…Background Medical students are among the group of frontline healthcare providers likely to be exposed to COVID-19 patients. It is important to achieve high…”
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Will they lead by example? Assessment of vaccination rates and attitudes to human papilloma virus in millennial medical students by Afonso, Nelia M, Kavanagh, Maurice J, Swanberg, Stephanie M, Schulte, Jeanne M, Wunderlich, Tracy, Lucia, Victoria C

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. It is also well established that HPV viruses are responsible…”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Concerns and Reasons for Acceptance Among US Health Care Personnel by Oberleitner, Lindsay M.S., Lucia, Victoria C., Navin, Mark C., Ozdych, Melissa, M. Afonso, Nelia, Kennedy, Richard H., Keil, Hans, Wu, Lawrence, Mathew, Trini A.

“…Objectives: Because health care personnel (HCP) are potentially at increased risk of contracting COVID-19, high vaccination rates in this population are…”
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Medical and dental student knowledge about COVID-19 and influenza vaccines impact opinions about vaccine advocacy and future practice by Lucia, Victoria C, Mascarenhas, Ana Karina, Kelekar, Arati, Afonso, Nelia M

“…The World Health Organization has identified vaccine hesitancy as a global public health challenge. Healthcare providers are among the most influential and…”
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among dental and medical students by Kelekar, Arati K., Lucia, Victoria C., Afonso, Nelia M., Mascarenhas, Ana Karina

“…Dental students (DS) and medical students (MS) are exposed to COVID-19. It is important to achieve high COVID-19 vaccination coverage rates in both of these…”
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Dental students’ attitudes and hesitancy toward COVID‐19 vaccine by Mascarenhas, Ana Karina, Lucia, Victoria C., Kelekar, Arati, Afonso, Nelia M.

“…Background Dentists are a group of providers who have been identified by CDC at high risk of exposure to COVID‐19 through their contact with patients. This…”
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Combating vaccine hesitancy: A call to implement healthcare worker training in patient counseling skills by Kelekar, Arati, Lucia, Victoria, Afonso, Nelia

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An Assessment of Needs of Church Coordinators Providing Meals to a Homeless Shelter by Scouten, Samantha, Lucia, Victoria C, Wunderlich, Tracy, Uhley, Virginia, Afonso, Nelia M

“…Charitable meal services are crucial in sustaining the homeless, but few use nutritional professionals to create a balanced diet or make adjustments for those…”
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Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment among high-risk patients: Does a combined intervention targeting patients and providers work? by Afonso, Nelia M, Nassif, George, Aranha, Anil N F, Delor, Bonnie, Cardozo, Lavoisier J

“…Physicians are aware of the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines; however, most patients fail to attain cholesterol goals. To determine whether a…”
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Are anonymous evaluations a better assessment of faculty teaching performance? A comparative analysis of open and anonymous evaluation processes by Afonso, Nelia M, Cardozo, Lavoisier J, Mascarenhas, Oswald A J, Aranha, Anil N F, Shah, Chirag

“…We compared teaching performance of medical school faculty using anonymous evaluations and open evaluations (in which the evaluator was not anonymous) and…”
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Hypothesized predictors of patient-physician trust and distrust in the elderly: implications for health and disease management by Mascarenhas, Oswald A J, Cardozo, Lavoisier J, Afonso, Nelia M, Siddique, Mohamed, Steinberg, Joel, Lepczyk, Marybeth, Aranha, Anil N F

“…This study notes the differences between trust and distrust perceptions by the elderly as compared with younger populations. Given the importance of trust and…”
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Tuberculosis of the Ribs Presenting as Bilateral Pseudogynecomastia by Afonso, Nelia M, Jasti, Hymavathy, Alangaden, George J

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The receipt of the human papillomavirus vaccine’s influence on future human papillomavirus vaccine recommendations by medical and dental students by Mascarenhas, Ana Karina, Kelekar, Arati, Lucia, Victoria C., Afonso, Nelia M.

“…With a growing vaccine-hesitant population and with the increase in oral cancers, particularly in a younger population, there is a heightened need for dental…”
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