Characteristics of participants in a public rubella antibody testing program conducted at a Japan professional football league venue-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characteristics of participants in a public rubella antibody testing program conducted at a Japan professional football league venue

Published:2023-02-16 Issue:3 Volume:24 Page:194-198
ISSN:2189-7948
Container-title:Journal of General and Family Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:J of Gen and Family Med

Author:

Nishizawa Toshinori¹²^ORCID,Hayashi Kuniyoshi³⁴,Amano Noriyuki⁵,Deshpande Gautam A.¹⁶,Arioka Hiroko¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of General Internal Medicine St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan

2. Department of Global Health Promotion Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Japan

3. Institute of Religion and Culture Kyoto Women's University Kyoto Japan

4. College of Nursing St. Luke's International University Tokyo Japan

5. Amano Clinic Saitama Japan

6. Department of General Medicine Juntendo University Tokyo Japan

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundHypothesizing that soccer‐associated public health campaigns influence men more than women, we investigated the characteristics and motivations of participants who received rubella antibody testing at a Japanese professional football league event.MethodsThis was a survey‐based cross sectional study, comparing the characteristics and motivations between men and women regarding rubella antibody testing.ResultsFree and convenient testing was the biggest behavioral influencer, but the information provided by healthcare professionals and athletes also played a strong motivating role. Men reported more influence from celebrity athletes than women.ConclusionsPublic health attention raised by celebrity athletes may facilitate rubella awareness among male spectators.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Family Practice,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Internal Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jgf2.611

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