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Vaccination Trends And Perceptions As Students Return To Campus Among San José State University Students, Fall 2021, Anji Buckner-Capone, Marcelle Dougan, Vasundhara Mehta, Khushboo Asija Nov 2021

Vaccination Trends And Perceptions As Students Return To Campus Among San José State University Students, Fall 2021, Anji Buckner-Capone, Marcelle Dougan, Vasundhara Mehta, Khushboo Asija

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As repopulation of San Jose State University (SJSU) continues this fall, students expressed opinions and concerns about returning to campus in person. To better understand the nature of any concerns, a survey was conducted among California higher education students, with nearly 5,000 respondents. The survey was conducted between June 2021 and August 2021. This brief summarizes the findings from 1,760 self-identified SJSU students.


Rape Prevention And Education: Finding What Works, Mina White, Francisco Michel, Sabrina Boyce, Ruvani Fonseka, Ricardo Vera-Monroy, Jay Silverman Aug 2018

Rape Prevention And Education: Finding What Works, Mina White, Francisco Michel, Sabrina Boyce, Ruvani Fonseka, Ricardo Vera-Monroy, Jay Silverman

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Electronic Word Of Mouth On Twitter About Physical Activity In The United States: Exploratory Infodemiology Study, Ni Zhang, Shelly Campo, Kathleen F. Janz, Petya Eckler, Jingzhen Yang, Linda G. Snetselaar, Alessio Signorini Nov 2013

Electronic Word Of Mouth On Twitter About Physical Activity In The United States: Exploratory Infodemiology Study, Ni Zhang, Shelly Campo, Kathleen F. Janz, Petya Eckler, Jingzhen Yang, Linda G. Snetselaar, Alessio Signorini

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Background:
Twitter is a widely used social medium. However, its application in promoting health behaviors is understudied.
Objective:
In order to provide insights into designing health marketing interventions to promote physical activity on Twitter, this exploratory infodemiology study applied both social cognitive theory and the path model of online word of mouth to examine the distribution of different electronic word of mouth (eWOM) characteristics among personal tweets about physical activity in the United States.
Methods:
This study used 113 keywords to retrieve 1 million public tweets about physical activity in the United States posted between January 1 and March 31, …