Children and Adolescents’ Behavioral Patterns in Response to Escalating COVID-19 Restriction Reveal Sex and Age Differences

Students’ age and parental level of education influence COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy

“…Data was collected at the final time point of the longitudinal Transmission Analytic COVID-19 (TRAC-19) study, which explored SARS-CoV-2 infections and behavioral patterns in two secondary schools in Hannover, Germany [8]. Nine hundred thirteen students participated in the TRAC-19 study between May 17 and June 30, 2021, and 903 returned the questionnaires about vaccination hesitancy (Suppl.…”

Comparison of two antibody screening systems for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection in recovered and vaccinated subjects - test performance and possible indicators for immunity

“…A limitation but also an opportunity is the random driven design of the presented study as part of an open observational study as well as of a longitudinal study. Subjects at different affiliations were invited for regular, voluntary PCR-tests [ 1 , 18 ]. Later on subjects participating the PCR-tests were invited for voluntary antibody-screenings at least at two different time points.…”

“…Antibody testing was offered to subjects at intervals of a few months. Clinical data were collected in a pseudonymized form after informed consent in parallel to serum collection [ 1 , 18 ]. While fresh serum was used for cohort 1, in cohort 2 test-laboratory was not located close to blood collection site.…”

“…Cohort 2 included 1180 pupils aged 6-17 years, but also parents, and teachers, out of a longitudinal study in Hannover, Germany, between June 2020 and June 2021 [18] . Subgroup 3 consisted of 19 recovered subjects, subgroup 4 consisted of 165 subjects, among those 56 pupils aged 6-17 years, analyzed after first shot of vaccination with Biontech/Pfizer.…”

The Journal of Adolescent Health's Editor-in-Chief's Annual Reflection: A Year of Endurance and Looking Toward the Future

“…Recently, that commitment has led us to focus our efforts on better understanding the impact of the pandemic on young people and strategies to increase COVID vaccination rates in this population. Many recent articles examine mental health and substance use among young people as they face challenges that have emerged with the COVID pandemic, and some document inspiring adolescent and young adult resilience [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] ]. Scientific articles as well as commentaries and editorials have contributed to the important ongoing discussions about COVID vaccination among this age group [ [40] , [41] , [42] , [43] , [44] , [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] , [50] , [51] ].…”