V
V Alessi
Researcher at University of Messina
Publications - 11
Citations - 76
V Alessi is an academic researcher from University of Messina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 40 citations.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Antibiotic resistance: where are we going?
V La Fauci,V Alessi +1 more
TL;DR: It is important to highlight the known and emerging risk factors to define multidrug-resistant microorganisms prevention and control measures, both at individual and community level.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mediterranean diet: knowledge and adherence in Italian young people.
V La Fauci,V Alessi,D. Z. Assefa,D. Lo Giudice,S. Calimeri,C Ceccio,G M Antonuccio,C Genovese,Raffaele Squeri +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the knowledge and the adherence to the Mediterranean diet of young people living in the Mediterranean area, finding that only 11.4% knew the Mediterranean Diet and only 48.9% did it.
Journal ArticleDOI
An observational study of university students of healthcare area: knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards vaccinations.
TL;DR: The study showed a general lack of confidence and insecurity towards vaccination by future HCWs and absent perception of the risk of acquire a vaccine preventable disease as they also demonstrate low vaccination coverage in the sample.
Journal ArticleDOI
Perception of rubella risk in pregnancy: an epidemiological survey on a sample of pregnant women.
TL;DR: The results clearly show that Italy is still far from achieving the elimination of rubella risk in pregnancy, and is facing a cultural gap perhaps due to a generalized loss of "historical memory" about the impact that infectious diseases have had in the past in terms of mortality and morbidity.
Journal ArticleDOI
The 'Dangerous Cocktail': an epidemiological survey on the attitude of a population of pregnant women towards some pregnancy risk factors.
TL;DR: The study shows that the awareness of the women about the importance of these risk factors is still rather poor, especially concerning the avoidable risks associated with smoke and alcohol and the preventable risk associated with rubella infection.