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Families ties and COVID-19

Students can encourage their grandparents to vaccinate

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Zou and colleagues design and analyze a health education program that targeted college students (who were grandchildren) to encourage older persons who had already had their first COVID-19 vaccine dose to receive a booster. The program increased the uptake of booster doses, which highlights the fact that family ties can have positive roles in the context of a pandemic.

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  1. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Bruno Arpino

  2. Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Bruno Arpino

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