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Ramirez AG, Despres C, Chalela P, Weis J, Sukumaran P, Munoz E, McAlister AL. Pilot study of peer modeling with psychological inoculation to promote coronavirus vaccination. Health Educ Res 2022; 37:1-6. [PMID: 35048119 PMCID: PMC9383212 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyab042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Promoting coronavirus vaccination is deterred by misinformation, ranging from elaborate conspiracy theories about sinister purposes to exaggeration of side effects, largely promulgated by social media. In this pilot study, we tested the effects of different messages on actions leading to vaccination. Two theory-based advertisements were produced for Facebook, which provided video testimonials from peer role models recommending vaccination and its benefits while providing psychological inoculation through the models' acknowledging misinformation, rejecting it and receiving the vaccine. These ads were paid to appear on Facebook users' feeds in rural counties in South Texas, along with a generic vaccine promotion ad from the CDC without peer models or psychological inoculation. Ad viewers could click a link to 'find a vaccine near you'; these responses served as the outcome variable for assessing experimental effects. Ads featuring peer modeling with psychological inoculation yielded a significantly higher rate of positive responses than CDC ads (30.5 versus14.9/1000 people reached in English and 49.7 versus 31.5/1000 in Spanish; P < 0.001 for both English and Spanish rate comparisons). This provides useful pilot data supporting the hypothesis that theory-based communication, i.e. peer modeling with psychological inoculation, may be more effective than more traditional forms of advertising for promoting coronavirus vaccination.
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 10.00, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 10.00, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 10.00, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 10.00, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 10.00, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin Campus, 1616 Guadalupe, Suite 6.300, Austin, TX 78701, USA
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Saint-Amour D, Roy M, Bastien C, Dewailly E, Ayotte P, Despres C, Muckle G. A39 - Évaluation du traitement de l’information sensorielle chez les enfants Inuit exposés au mercure (HG) et aux biphényles polychlorés (BPCS) à l’aide des potentiels évoqués visuels. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84715-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Despres C, Beuter A, Richer F, Poitras K, Veilleux A, Ayotte P, Dewailly É, Saint-Amour D, Muckle G. A42 - Évaluation des effets neurologiques et moteurs d’une exposition au mercure, aux biphénylspolychlorés et au plomb chez les enfants Inuits d’âge préscolaire. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84718-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Faure C, Goulet O, Ategbo S, Breton A, Tounian P, Ginies JL, Roquelaure B, Despres C, Scaillon M, Maurage C, Paquot I, Hermier M, De Napoli S, Dabadie A, Huet F, Baudon JJ, Larchet M. Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction syndrome: clinical analysis, outcome, and prognosis in 105 children. French-Speaking Group of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dig Dis Sci 1999; 44:953-9. [PMID: 10235603 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026656513463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Our aim was to collect a large number of cases to characterize clinical presentation, outcome, and prognosis of chronic intestinal pseusoobstruction in children. We conducted a retrospective multicenter study that included children treated for chronic intestinal pseusoobstruction defined as recurrent episodes of intestinal obstruction with no mechanical obstruction, excluding Hirschsprung's disease. In all, 105 children, 57 boys and 48 girls, were studied, including five familial forms. Prenatal diagnosis was made in 18 patients. Eighty patients were less than 12 months old at onset; the disease began at birth for 37 patients. The most frequent signs were abdominal distension, vomiting, and constipation. Megacystis was noted in myopathies (7 cases), neuropathies (10 cases) and unclassified forms (13 cases). For all but three cases (two patients with CMV infection, one with Munchhausen-by-proxy syndrome), the associated diseases and disorders could not account for chronic intestinal pseusoobstruction as a secondary disorder. At least one full-thickness biopsy from the digestive tract was studied for 99 patients. The diagnosis recorded was visceral neuropathy in 58 cases, visceral myopathy in 17 cases, and uncertain or normal biopsy results in 24 cases. Seventy-eight children were fed intravenously, and only 18 were able to be fed orally throughout their illness. Seventy-one patients underwent surgery during their illness, and 217 surgical procedures, a mean of 3 per patient, were performed. Ostomy was the most performed procedure. Follow-up continued in 89 patients for 3 months to 16 years (mean 85 months). Forty-two patients were still fed by parenteral (39 patients) or enteral nutrition (3 patients) at the time of the study. Eleven patients died between the age of 1 month and 14 years 7 months.
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- C Faure
- Service de Gastroentérologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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Monier B, Despres C, Hermabessiere C, Tete M, Tuloup M, Novo R. L'apres-reanimation: Quel projet de vie? experience d'un centre de moyen sejour pediatrique. Arch Pediatr 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(99)81657-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Despres C, Subramaniam R, Matton DP, Brisson N. The Activation of the Potato PR-10a Gene Requires the Phosphorylation of the Nuclear Factor PBF-1. Plant Cell 1995; 7:589-598. [PMID: 12242377 PMCID: PMC160806 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.5.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The pathogenesis-related gene PR-10a (formerly STH[middot]2) is induced in various organs of potato after wounding, elicitor treatment, or infection by Phytophthora infestans. Deletion analysis of the promoter of the PR-10a gene enabled us to identify a 50-bp region, located between positions -155 and -105, necessary for the elicitor responsiveness of the [beta]-glucuronidase reporter gene in transgenic potato plants. Within this region, a 30-bp sequence, located between positions -135 and -105, was necessary for the activation of the promoter by the elicitor. However, strong promoter activity after elicitor treatment required the presence of a 20-bp sequence located between positions -155 and -135. The region between -135 and -105 was specifically recognized by two nuclear factors, PBF-1 (PR-10a Binding Factor 1) and PBF-2, and binding of PBF-1 was coordinated with the accumulation of the PR-10a mRNA. Gel shift assays using nuclear extracts pretreated with sodium deoxycholate or alkaline phosphatase suggested that PBF-1 is a multimeric factor in which at least one of the constituent proteins can be phosphorylated. Treatment with alkaline phosphatase also indicated that binding of PBF-1 is positively regulated by phosphorylation and that it is phosphorylated only in tissues in which PR-10a is expressed. The use of protein phosphatase and kinase inhibitors in vivo provided additional evidence that wounding and elicitor treatment induce the phosphorylation of PBF-1 and that this phosphorylation is associated with gene activation.
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- C. Despres
- Department of Biochemistry, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3J7
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Pharaon I, Despres C, Aigrain Y, Grini A, Faure C, Matarazzo P, Navarro J, Cathelineau L, Cezard JP. Long-term parenteral nutrition in children who are potentially candidates for small bowel transplantation. Transplant Proc 1994; 26:1442. [PMID: 8029978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- I Pharaon
- Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, France
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Couly G, Cheron G, de Blic J, Despres C, Cloup M, Hubert P. [The Pierre-Robin syndrome. Classification and new therapeutic approach]. Arch Fr Pediatr 1988; 45:553-9. [PMID: 3214249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Rhombencephalic failure of the suction-swallowing, excess of central and obstructive ventilatory arrests with hypoxia and hypercapnia, vagal hypertonia and esophagogastric motor abnormalities are the new clinical signs observed in children presenting with the Pierre Robin's syndrome. A therapeutic management adapted to each of the types I, II, III of the syndrome were defined and a good nursery-nursing allowed a reduction in the mortality-rate from 27 to 5%. Still considered by some as a malformative and glossoptosing disorder whose etiology is only bucco-pharyngeal in origin, this syndrome, common to numerous embryopathies, is a precocious embryonal abnormality of the brain stem neurogenesis, expressed by the dramatic failure of the physiological oro-ventilation system. This syndrome appears to be a peculiar form of dysautonomia of the brain stem development with an uncertain future, often transitory, isolated or associated but in the heart of pediatric internal medicine and its multi-disciplinarity.
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- Service de Stomatologie, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris
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Tláskal P, Ricour C, Despres C. [Growth changes in children on total parenteral nutrition through a central venous catheter]. Cesk Pediatr 1984; 39:1-6. [PMID: 6423297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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