A5055906416- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Malaria Research and Control
- Health, psychology, and well-being
University of Florence
2021-2025
Azienda Usl Toscana Centro
2025
University of Pisa
2021-2022
Several commercial surrogate Virus Neutralization Tests (sVNTs) have been developed in the last year. Neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through interaction with Spike protein Receptor Binding Domain (S-RBD) can block virus from entering and infecting host cells. However, there is a lack of information about functional activity SARS-CoV-2 that may be associated protective responses. For these reasons, to counteract viral infection, conventional neutralization test (VNT) still considered...
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of mental health comorbidities on unplanned hospital admissions (UHAs) in Province Pescara, Southern Italy, during 2015-2022. Mental are underreported administrative data, yet their association with UHAs has significant public implications. Methods: A retrospective observational design was used analyze 59,374 extracted from discharge records (HDRs). Admissions patients under 18 years age, deliveries, day admissions, and readmissions were...
Stigma negatively impacts individuals, families, and communities, affecting relationships, education, employment leading to an additional burden on mental health. Assessing public attitudes towards people with health conditions is crucial, especially in terms of Therefore, the Attitudes Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) was validated adapted Italian cultural context. Translation followed four phases, involving bilingual speakers, comparison, back-translation, expert review. In pre-test...
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) remains worldwide a reason of concern. Most the vaccination education strategies followed "fact-based" approach, based on assumption that decision making is rational process, without considering influence cognitive biases and heuristics. Our study aimed at identifying factors involved in parents' choice to inform shape communication interventions. We conducted an online national survey among parents between November 2020 April 2021. The questionnaire consisted 42 items...
The purpose of this study is to validate the 13-item version Work-Related Stress Questionnaire (WRSQ) on a representative sample Italian public health residents.
Mental well-being should be prioritized in public health as it represents a valuable resource for individuals and communities, influencing behavior, social cohesion inclusion. The support receive from their networks can have significant impact on mental well-being. This study used data the Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy, nationwide cross-sectional survey. objective was to assess level of among Residents investigate association between network characteristics this population.
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection and HPV-related cancers can be prevented through vaccinations mass cervical screening programmes. The Ministry of Health in Italy provides recommendations on primary secondary prevention diseases, but the 19 Italian regions 2 autonomous provinces have organisational decision-making autonomy, with differences strategies for offering prevention. aim this study is to describe HPV vaccination offered all regions. Regional official documents up until 31...
Evidence on the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in nursing home (NHs) residents is limited. We examined impact BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine course epidemic NHs Florence Health District, Italy, before and after vaccination. Moreover, we assessed survival hospitalization by vaccination status SARS-CoV-2-positive cases occurring during post-vaccination period. calculated weekly infection rates pre-vaccination (1 October-26 December 2020) period (27 2020-31 March 2021). Cox analysis was used to...
Vaccine literacy (VL) mediates the transfer of information and facilitates vaccination acceptance. The aims this study are to validate HLVa-IT (Health Literacy Vaccinale degli adulti in Italiano—Vaccine health for adults Italian language) staff nursing homes (NHs), measure VL such a peculiar target group, assess its relationship with sources used obtain about vaccines vaccinations. A survey has been conducted sample Tuscan NHs using an online questionnaire. Eight-hundred fifty-three...
The COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a severe psychosocial crisis affecting patients, their relatives, friends, and healthcare professionals. In Italy, public health residents (PHRs) remain essential to the national response pandemic. To assess mental sphere, "Public Mental Health" working group of medical residents' Assembly Italian Society Hygiene Preventive Medicine designed Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI). This is nation-wide cross-sectional study based on...
Nursing home (NH) residents have been dramatically affected by COVID-19, with extremely high rates of hospitalization and mortality.To describe the features impact an assistance model involving intermediate care mobile medical specialist team (GIROT, Gruppo Intervento Rapido Ospedale Territorio) aimed at delivering "hospital-at-nursing home" to NH COVID-19 in Florence, Italy.The GIROT activity was set-up during first wave pandemic (W1, March-April 2020) became a structured healthcare second...
Evaluating anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels is a current priority to drive immunization, as well predict when vaccine booster dose may be required and for which groups. The aim of our study was investigate the kinetics Spike S1 protein IgG (anti-S1 IgG) antibodies neutralizing (NAbs) in an Italian cohort healthcare workers (HCWs), following Pfizer/BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, over period up six months after second dose.We enrolled 57 HCWs, without clinical history COVID-19 infection....
The rapid development of the vaccine and infodemia have challenged communication about COVID-19 vaccines. This study aims to characterize—through experience vaccinators—the challenges faced during vaccination consultations strategies adopted. A qualitative was conducted on vaccinators in Tuscany, Italy. Face-to-face interviews were examined by thematic analysis. In total, 30 interviewed. Four main themes emerged. first highlighted distinct profiles users’ attitudes toward vaccination....
Depression is a widespread condition, which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers as well. The large workload of response also affected Public Health Residents (PHRs) who played an important role in infection prevention and control activities. This work aims to assess depression Italian PHRs, based on data collected through PHRASI (Public Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy) study. In 2022, 379 PHRs completed self-administered questionnaire containing Patient...
Despite the high impact of COVID-19 pandemic on social interactions and healthcare workers’ (HWs’) mental health, few studies have investigated association between network characteristics HWs’ particularly during pandemic. Therefore, we aimed to assess associations public health residents’ (PHRs’) depression. We used data from Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI), a nationwide cross-sectional study. Social were self-reported. Depressive symptoms assessed using...
Identifying determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is essential for developing effective strategies promoting vaccination. This longitudinal study aimed to explore predictors actual in workers involved services during the first lockdown period Prato Province (Italy). All were invited and surveyed before approval (96.5% participation rate). Participants followed up evaluate their vaccination using register. Multinomial models performed assess delayed or non-vaccination. A total 691...
The decline in children's vaccination coverage and the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases draw attention to parents' vaccine hesitancy. Our study introduces two validated tools independently assess hesitancy health literacy among parents with school-age children. We developed a Vaccine Confidence Index (VCI) from 10 Likert items, exploring their relationships through exploratory confirmatory factor analyses. modified IMETER (Italian medical term recognition test) measure literacy....
Sustainability is crucial for transforming the food system, addressing environmental and nutrition issues depends on consumer perceptions values. This cross-sectional study investigates relationship between sustainability attitudes, knowledge, eating behaviours. Nearly half reported high level of knowledge regarding while 24% expressed attitude towards sustainability. Women higher levels Logistic regression analyses, adjusted age, sex, education, revealed that using public transport, biking,...
Vulvar and vaginal cancers are relatively rare cancers, but their incidence is increasing worldwide. Overall, 78% of 25% vulvar associated with Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Immunization could be an option for the management these cases. We researched assessed evidence on efficacy HPV vaccination administered to women previously treated surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy respect recurrence vulvovaginal disease. From 2006 November 2022, only one study evaluated preventing...
The vulnerable population of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are low responders to COVID-19 vaccines, so specific immune surveillance is needed. interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) release assay (IGRA) effective in assessing T cell-mediated immunity. We assessed SARS-CoV-2-directed cell responses KTRs with absent antibody production after a third dose the mRNA-1273 vaccine, using two different IGRAs. A cohort 57 KTRs, who were actively followed up, received vaccine. After evaluation humoral...
Psychiatric disorders and substance abuse are barriers that limit access to timely treatment can lead Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH). The aim of this study is identify the role played by gender in association between mental health PPH. Hospital discharge records (HDRs) from Local Health Authority Pescara (Italy) 2015 2021 were examined PPH measured according Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) provided Agency for Healthcare Research Quality. In total, 119,730 HDRs eligible...
Mental health disorders pose a substantial challenge for healthcare workers, particularly in the post-COVID-19 era. Public residents (PHRs) played pivotal role during pandemic and were significantly affected by heavy workload. This study aims to uncover potential links between workload characteristics mental of Italian PHRs based on data collected 2022 through PHRASI (Public Health Residents' Anonymous Survey Italy) study.A total 379 completed self-administered questionnaire comprising...