Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: important learnings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
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De Looze, C., Ward, M., McDowell, C., Bourke, N., Kenny R.A., Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: important learnings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin, TILDA, December, 2020Download Item:
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This report brings together important information on vaccinations among adults aged 60 years and older learned from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), which can inform the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. The report describes: i. the prevalence of influenza vaccination among TILDA participants between 2016 and 2019; ii. (scientific evidence for the effect of prolonged physical activity on vaccine efficacy; iii. the levels of physical activity among TILDA participants who got the influenza vaccine; and iv. the news sources used during the COVID-19 pandemic and levels of trust in these sources among TILDA participants.
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COV19-2020-070
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PUBLISHEDDublin
Author: Ward, Mark; Bourke, Nollaig
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AgeingDOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.38018/TildaRe.2021-00Metadata
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