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  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Gregory D. Zimet is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and social sciences, with a focus on health and epidemiology. Their work encompasses over 186 publications in medicine and 126 in social sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to public health research.

The primary subfields of study include health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, general health professions, and sociology and political science. Their research topics reveal significant involvement in vaccine coverage and hesitancy, cervical cancer and HPV research, hepatitis B virus studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, misinformation and its impacts, and global cancer incidence and screening.

Gregory D. Zimet's recent papers include:

  • Parental Hesitancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccinations: A National Survey, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts, 2020, Science Communication
  • Prevalence and characteristics of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of adolescents across the US, 2020, Vaccine
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Uptake and the Willingness to Receive the HPV Vaccination among Female College Students in China: A Multicenter Study, 2020, Vaccines
  • COVID-19 vaccination intention and vaccine characteristics influencing vaccination acceptance: a global survey of 17 countries, 2021, Infectious Diseases of Poverty

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Katharine J. Head
  • Holly B. Fontenot
  • Monica L. Kasting
  • Melanie L. Kornides
  • Eunjung Lim

Gregory D. Zimet's research is published extensively in venues such as:

  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Vaccine
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Vaccines

In recognition of professional contributions, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Gregory D. Zimet;Nancy W. Dahlem;Sara G. Zimet;Gordon K. Farley

  • Psychometric characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.

    Gregory D. Zimet;Suzanne S. Powell;Gordon K. Farley;Sidney Werkman

  • Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in urban adolescents.

    Janie Canty-Mitchell;Gregory D. Zimet

  • The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support: a confirmation study.

    Nancy W. Dahlem;Gregory D. Zimet;Robin R. Walker

  • Factors That Are Associated With Parental Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines: A Randomized Intervention Study of Written Information About HPV

    Amanda F. Dempsey;Gregory D. Zimet;Robert L. Davis;Laura Koutsky

  • Predictors of HPV vaccine uptake among women aged 19-26: importance of a physician's recommendation.

    S.L. Rosenthal;T.W. Weiss;G.D. Zimet;L. Ma

  • Educational interventions to increase HPV vaccination acceptance: A systematic review

    Linda Y. Fu;Lize Anne Bonhomme;Spring Chenoa Cooper;Jill G. Joseph

  • Parental Hesitancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccinations: A National Survey

    Allison Kempe;Alison W. Saville;Christina Albertin;Gregory Zimet

  • Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Gregory D. Zimet;Nancy W. Dahlem;Sara G. Zimet;Gordon K. Farley

  • Improving adolescent health: Focus on HPV vaccine acceptance

    Gregory D. Zimet

  • Pediatricians’ intention to administer human papillomavirus vaccine: the role of practice characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes

    Jessica A. Kahn;Jessica A. Kahn;Gregory D. Zimet;David I. Bernstein;David I. Bernstein;Jeremy M. Riedesel

  • Attitudes about Human Papillomavirus Vaccine among Family Physicians

    J.M. Riedesel;S.L. Rosenthal;G.D. Zimet;D.I. Bernstein

  • An HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Project and Safety Study for Young MSM.

    Sybil G Hosek;Bret Rudy;Raphael Landovitz;Bill Kapogiannis

  • Rates of human papillomavirus vaccination, attitudes about vaccination, and human papillomavirus prevalence in young women.

    Jessica A. Kahn;Susan L. Rosenthal;Yan Jin;Bin Huang

  • Parental perspectives on vaccinating children against sexually transmitted infections

    Rose M Mays;Lynne A Sturm;Gregory D Zimet

  • Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake, Predictors of Vaccination, and Self-Reported Barriers to Vaccination

    Kathleen Conroy;Susan L. Rosenthal;Gregory D. Zimet;Yan Jin

  • Validation of a measure of knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) using item response theory and classical test theory

    Jo Waller;Remo Ostini;Laura A.V. Marlow;Kirsten McCaffery

  • Uptake of HPV Vaccine: Demographics, Sexual History and Values, Parenting Style, and Vaccine Attitudes

    Susan L. Rosenthal;Richard Rupp;Gregory D. Zimet;Heather M. Meza

  • Safety and feasibility of antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis for adolescent men who have sex with men aged 15 to 17 years in the United States

    Sybil G. Hosek;Raphael J. Landovitz;Bill Kapogiannis;George K. Siberry

  • Chapter 24: Psychosocial aspects of vaccine acceptability.

    Gregory D. Zimet;Nicole Liddon;Susan L. Rosenthal;Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce

  • A national study of HPV vaccination of adolescent girls: rates, predictors, and reasons for non-vaccination.

    Laura M. Kester;Gregory D. Zimet;J. Dennis Fortenberry;Jessica A. Kahn

  • Psychosocial aspects of vaccine acceptability

    Gregory D. Zimet;Nicole Liddon;Susan L. Rosenthal;Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Dennis Fortenberry
J. Dennis Fortenberry Indiana University
Li Ping Wong
Li Ping Wong University of Malaya
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Kenneth H. Fife
Kenneth H. Fife Indiana University
Barry P. Katz
Barry P. Katz Indiana University
Kirsten McCaffery
Kirsten McCaffery University of Sydney
Michael Reece
Michael Reece Indiana University
Jo Waller
Jo Waller King's College London
Jill G. Joseph
Jill G. Joseph University of California, Davis
Brian Dodge
Brian Dodge Indiana University

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