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Factors Affecting Parental Intent to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in Kansas
Get PDFIntroduction. Vaccines have been highly effective in reducing severe illness and death from COVID-19, but vaccine hesitancy remains a significant barrier to achieving herd immunity. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing parental decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccination for their children in Kansas, including demographic variables, trust in medical professionals, and the impact of misinformation.
Methods. Data were analyzed from Phase 3.7, Week 53 of the United States Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (N = 68,504), collected between January 4 and January 16, 2023. The analysis focused on data specific to the state of Kansas (N = 1231), using standard descriptive statistics to assess the findings.
Results. The respondents were predominantly middle-aged, female, and Caucasian, with a high level of educational attainment and health insurance coverage. Among respondents, 45.7% had children under 18 living in their household. Of these, 73.5% expressed concerns that led them to refrain from vaccinating their children against COVID-19. The primary reasons for hesitancy included concerns about potential side effects, distrust in the vaccine\u27s safety for children, and the belief that their children were not part of a high-risk group.
Conclusions. These findings underscore persistent concerns about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy among parents, even within a relatively well-educated and insured population. Addressing these concerns with targeted public health messaging and education could be essential in increasing vaccination rates among children in Kansas
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Decatur County, Kansas
Get PDFDecatur County is a 900-square-mlle area in the High Plains section of northwestern Kansas. The altitude of land surface ranges from about 2,330 to 2,970 feet above mean sea level. The climate is subhumid to semiarid, with a mean annual precipitation of 18.42 inches. The oldest rocks exposed consist of chalk and shale beds of Late Cretaceous age. The Cretaceous rocks crop out in only two small exposures but form the relatively impervious bedrock above which ground water occurs in nearly all the county. The Ogallala Formation of Tertiary (Pliocene) age overlies the Cretaceous rocks in the upland areas and is the most widespread aquifer in the county. Stream erosion has removed the Ogallala Formation along the principal valleys, but streams, through several cycles of alluviation, have subsequently deposited the more permeable sediments in the valleys. Eolian silts of late Pleistocene age mantle much of the upland areas and obscure the stream terraces along the principal valleys.
There are two principal aquifers in the county--the Ogallala Formation that underlies the upland areas and the relatively narrow alluvial deposits in the four major stream valleys. The upland areas have more areal extent than the alluvial valleys, but the highest yielding wells are in the major valleys where most of the irrigation is practiced. Based on population figures and livestock statistics, an estimated 750 to 1,000 acre-feet of ground water is used annually in rural areas for household and livestock purposes. Three cities use a total of about 400 acre-feet of ground water per year. About 17,000 acre-feet of ground water is appropriated for the irrigation of 10,500 acres. Ground water in the county is moderately hard, but its quality is adequate for most purposes
Treatise Online no. 190: Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Classification and phylogeny of the Decapoda: Introduction to systematics chapters
No full textOn Copyright, Social Policy, and Libraries
No full textThis paper advocates for a view of copyright not as economic incentive or reward, but as a critical piece of a broader social policy, the goal of which is to help build a just and inclusive society. Copyright can play an important role in helping build such a society, in that the exclusive rights granted to creators under copyright legislation, as well as the limits placed on those rights, can be structured in ways that help advance this goal. However, copyright alone can only do so much. In seeking to build a just and inclusive society, copyright must be embedded within, and seen as part of, a broader system of supports, incentives, and social programs focused on justice and inclusion. This paper will identify several ways in which the current Canadian copyright regime is in tension with the goal of building a just and inclusive society. It will then highlight a number of supports, incentives, and programs that together with copyright can help make our society more just and inclusive. In particular, it will emphasize the important role played by libraries in seeking to build a society in which everyone has the opportunity to learn, create, and communicate in ways that are consistent with one’s own cultural and legal traditions, and in an environment that is safe and secure
Risk, Reality, Regulations? Finding what’s reasonable in copyright guidance
No full textCopyright guidance at an academic library is often provided at the nexus of the law, University policy, and the personal and professional values of the librarians and users involved in the decision making. An institution’s tolerance for risk (or lack-thereof) can create tension with librarians’ value systems. The law is often vague, leaving lots of room for differences of interpretation between University administrators, librarians, and users. Professional values, like the ones articulated by the ACRL Framework generally align with enhancing/supporting user’s rights and tend towards a copyleft point of view. Institutional risk tolerance complicates decision making further. Higher levels of risk are generally accepted with research and teaching endeavours, directly in contrast with a lower level of risk acceptable when it comes to compliance with the law (like the Copyright Act). Lack of clarity in the law and institutional risk tolerance can be at odds with professional values, which can confuse users and undermine librarians providing guidance.
This article provides a beginning framework for understanding reasonableness in copyright decisions while taking into account the variety of pressures on copyright librarians. A set of cases are used to test the framework and a reasonableness chart is provided to allow for comparison of the cases
Variation in Spatial Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs for Older Adults in the United States
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