Scientific Publications

Beyond binary: a machine-learning classification of childhood COVID-19 vaccination intentions using behavioural data

Chiavenna, Chiara; Leone, Laura P.; Pin, Paolo; Cucciniello, Maria; Melegaro, Alessia

Population Health Metrics, vol. 24, 2026

Current state and future directions of health services and service management research on transitions in older age: A field-focused narrative review

Bufali, Maria Vittoria; Marzullo, Marialuisa; Mele, Cristina; Compagni, Amelia

BMC Health Service Research, vol. 26, 2026

Democracy, Trust, and Political Orientation: Disentangling Mechanisms Shaping Individuals’ Vaccine Attitudes

Antonini, Marcello; Singh, Renu; Melegaro, Alessia; Torbica, Aleksandra; Ward, Jeremy Keith; Berardi, Chiara; Attwell, Katie; Kellner, Adrian; Feiring, Eli; Hagen, Terje P.; Genie, Mesfin; Murauskienė, Liubovė; Mcgregor, Neil; Sequeira, Ana Rita; Yang, Dongyue; Paolucci, Francesco

Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, vol. 51, 2026

Implications for distancing measures on in-person school and work attendance from Italian post-pandemic social contact data

Lorenzo Lucchini, Valentina Marziano, Filippo Trentini, Chiara Chiavenna, Elena D’Agnese, Vittoria Offeddu, Mattia Manica, Piero Poletti, Duilio Balsamo, Giorgio Guzzetta, Marco Ajelli, Alessia Melegaro Stefano Merler

Communications Medecine, 2026

Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Italy

Fattore, Giovanni; Preti, Luigi

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Characterizing social behavior relevant for infectious disease transmission in four low- and middle-income countries, 2021-2023

Nelson, K. N.; Kiti, M. C.; Shiiba, M.; Sacoor, C.; Bardaji, A.; Macicame, I.; Jamisse, E.; Tchavana, C.; Jose, A.; Cavele, N.; Maldonado, H.; Jarquin, C.; Ajsivinac, H. M.; Raghava, V.; Samuel, P.; Srinivasan, R.; Kazi, M.; Allana, R.; Kim, S. S.; Prasad, P. V.; Chen, D.; Liu, C.; Jenness, S. M.; Ahmed, N.; Aguolu, O.; Sundaram, M. A.; Yildirim, I.; Malik, F.; Melegaro, A.; Lopman, B. A.; Omer, S. B.

Nature Communication, vol. 36, 2025

Conceptualisation and measurement of healthy ageing: insights from a systematic literature review

Piriu, Andreea Alexandra; Bufali, Maria Vittoria; Cappellaro, Giulia; Compagni, Amelia; Torbica, Aleksandra

Social Science and Medecine, vol. 374, 2025

Mapping inequities in global vaccine sentiment research

Balsamo, Duilio; Offeddu, Vittoria; Aghamohammadi, Zhina; Chiavenna, Chiara; Leone, Laura Pasqua; D’Agnese, Elena; Sharma, Deepak; Torbica, Aleksandra; Shayegh, Soheil; Andreu-Perez, Javier; Melegaro, Alessia

BMJ Global Health, vol. 10, 2025

Measuring what matters in ageing societies: integrating dying-well and living-well metrics for resilient health systems

Piriu, Andreea Alexandra; Torbica, Aleksandra

The Lancet Healthy Longevity, vol. 6, 2025

Obesity epidemic in European countries: from an unaddressed risk factor to a medicalized disease?

Garattini, Livio; Fattore, Giovanni

The European Journal of Health Economics, vol. 26, 2025

Operationalising Healthy Ageing: A Framework and Dataset Developed from a Systematic Literature Review Mapping Healthy Ageing Constructs, Measures and Measurement Approaches

Piriu, Andreea Alexandra; Bufali, Maria Vittoria; Cappellaro, Giulia; Compagni, Amelia; Torbica, Aleksandra

2025

Social contact patterns in rural and urban settings, Mozambique, 2021-2022

Kiti, Moses C; Sacoor, Charfudin; Aguolu, Obianuju G; Zelaya, Alana; Chen, Holin; Kim, Sara S; Cavele, Nilzio; Jamisse, Edgar; Tchavana, Corssino; Jose, Americo; Macicame, Ivalda; Joaquim, Orvalho; Ahmed, Noureen; Liu, Carol Y; Yildirim, Inci; Nelson, Kristin; Jenness, Samuel M; Maldonado, Herberth; Kazi, Momin; Srinivasan, Rajan; Mohan, Venkata R; Melegaro, Alessia; Malik, Fauzia; Bardaji, Azucena; Omer, Saad B; Lopman, Ben

Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 31, 2025

Taking Public Service Logic into the digital environment: Co-designing public services in a virtual setting

Macfarlane, Joanne; Osborne, Stephen; Powell, Madeline; Cucciniello, Maria

2025

The Costs of Digital Health Interventions to Improve Immunization Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Multicountry Mixed Methods Study

Federici, Carlo; Verykiou, Maria; Cavazza, Marianna; Olomi, Willyhelmina; Irakiza, Piero; Kayumba, Kizito; Rodriguez, Edith; Castillo Mendoza, Luis Enrique; Malvolti, Stefano; Hugo, Claire; Ntinginya, Nyanda Elias; Camara, Souleymane; Sabi, Issa; Sano, Nagnouma; Sibomana, Hassan; Condo, Jeanine; Torbica, Aleksandra; Jommi, Claudio; Mantel, Carsten; Mangiaterra, Viviana

Journal of Internet Medical Research, vol. 27, 2025

The impact of budget cuts on individual patient health: Causal evidence from hospital closures

Ghislandi, Simone; Renner, Anna-Theresa; Varghese, Nirosha Elsem

Journal of Health Economy, vol. 101, 2025

Aging well in an aging society: Italy at the forefront of global aging and the Age-It Research Program

Vignoli, Daniele; Albertini, Marco; Chiatti, Carlos; Aimaretti, Gianluca; Boccuzzo, Giovanna; Boffo, Vanna; Brugiavini, Agar; Cavallo, Filippo; Cenci, Simone; Cherubini, Antonio; Cincotti, Febo; D’Adda Di Fagagna, Fabrizio; Ferrarese, Carlo; Galasso, Vincenzo; Galeotti, Elisabetta; Graziani, Andrea; Iaccarino, Guido; Lattanzio, Fabrizia; Lucifora, Claudio; Mezzanzanica, Mario; Passarino, Giuseppe; Paterno, Anna; Prati, Sabrina; Rumiati, Raffaella I.; Sandri, Marco; Tomassini, Cecilia; Torbica, Aleksandra; Ungar, Andrea; Petrucci, Alessandra

Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 50, 2025

Are we ready for the next pandemic? Public preferences and trade-offs between vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions across 21 countries

Antonini, Marcello; Genie, Mesfin G; Attwell, Katie; Attema, Arthur E; Ward, Jeremy K; Melegaro, Alessia; Torbica, Aleksandra; Kelly, Brian; Berardi, Chiara; Sequeira, Ana Rita; Mcgregor, Neil; Kellner, Adrian; Brammli-Greenberg, Shuli; Hinwood, Madeleine; Murauskienė, Liubovė; Behmane, Daiga; Balogh, Zsolt J; Hagen, Terje P; Paolucci, Francesco

Social Science & Medecine, vol. 366, 2025

Measles population immunity in Hunan, China: a serological assessment

Wu, Yanpeng; Wang, Qianli; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Juanjuan; Zhao, Sihong; Liang, Yuxia; Wang, Pengfei; Trentini, Filippo; Ajelli, Marco; Yu, Hongjie

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, 2025

Six-month follow-up of antibody response to bivalent mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster in healthcare workers

Fedele, Giorgio; Schiavoni, Ilaria; Trentini, Filippo; Leone, Pasqualina; Olivetta, Eleonora; Fiore, Stefano; Di Martino, Angela; Abrignani, Sergio; Bandera, Alessandra; Clerici, Pierangelo; De Paschale, Massimo; Fallucca, Alessandra; Fortunato, Francesca; Gori, Andrea; Grifantini, Renata; Lazzarotto, Tiziana; Lodi, Vittorio; Orsi, Andrea; Prato, Rosa; Restivo, Vincenzo; Ricucci, Valentina; Teresa Palamara, Anna; Stefanelli, Paola

Vaccine, vol. 62, 2025