scholarly journals Association between screen viewing time and study time of physical fitness: A cross-sectional study among second-year high school students of the Pacific side in the Tohoku region after The Great East Japan Earthquake disaster

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-332
Author(s):  
Masahiko Chujo ◽  
Haruki Momma ◽  
Cong Huang ◽  
Ryoichi Nagatomi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Screen Viewing ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Side ◽  
Second Year

scholarly journals Multi-Theory Model and Predictors of Likelihood of Accepting the Series of HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ghanaian Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Asare ◽  
Peter Agyei-Baffour ◽  
Beth A. Lanning ◽  
Alex Barimah Owusu ◽  
Mary E. Commeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vaccination Uptake

HPV vaccines are efficacious in preventing HPV related cancers. However, the vaccination uptake in Ghana is very low. Studies that utilize theoretical frameworks to identify contributory factors to HPV vaccination uptake in Ghana are understudied. We used multi-theory model (MTM) constructs to predict initiation and completion of HPV vaccination series in Ghanaian adolescents. Adolescents (n = 285) between the ages of 12 and 17 years old were recruited from four selected schools in Ghana to participate in the cross-sectional study. Linear regressions were used to analyze the data. Most participants were female (91.2%) and senior high school students (60.0%). Many of the participants had neither heard about HPV (92.3%) nor HPV vaccinations (95.4%). Significant predictors of adolescents’ likelihood of getting the first dose of HPV vaccination were perceived beliefs and change in a physical environment (p < 0.001), with each variable accounting for 6.1%and 8.8% of the variance respectively. Significant predictors of adolescents’ likelihood of completing HPV vaccination recommended series were perceived beliefs, practice for change, and emotional transformation (p < 0.001), with each variable accounting for 7.8%, 8.1%, and 1.1% of the variance respectively. Findings underscore important opportunities for developing educational interventions for adolescents in Ghana to increase the HPV vaccination uptake.

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