https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9747910/

Objective: Achieving high vaccination rates is key to containing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study evaluated the factors associated with uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: Six hundred and seventy-six respondents were surveyed online between May and June 2021. Data on demographics, perception of the COVID-19 pandemic, and vaccine willingness and hesitancy factors were collected. Results: Approximately 54.6% of the respondents had received the COVID-19 vaccination. Age (p = 0.001), males (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1–2.6, p = 0.026), ethnicity (p = 0.004), occupation (p = 0.003)), working in healthcare (OR 6.1, 95% CI 2.8–13.2, p < 0.001), smoking (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.3–8.8, p = 0.014), seeing vaccination as a social responsibility (OR 3.8, 95% CI 1.2–12.0, p = 0.022) and believing the vaccine is important to end the COVID-19 pandemic (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.1–6.1, p = 0.020) were associated with greater vaccination uptake. Conclusion: Social responsibility and well-being of collective society are important values associated with vaccine uptake in an Asian society. Understanding factors behind vaccine uptake can help advise public health measures and strategies to achieve high levels of vaccination. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Psychology is a developing profession in the young Singapore and it has been growing progressively to meet the expanding needs of the nation. With its advancement, it has also been cognizant of protecting the consumers of psychological services, as well as to embrace multicultural diversity. In this chapter, the authors have adopted a three-pronged approach: reviewed the historical origins of the Psychology profession in Singapore, detailed the recent developments in the Psychological landscape, and reflected on ethical considerations for the future. Despite the profession being not regulated, it is impressive that the Singapore Psychological Society, alongside with the community Psychologists have rallied together and galvanised their efforts in recent years to promote the development of the profession in several impactful ways. Some examples include instituting a voluntary-regulatory system, updating the code of ethics in 2019 and benchmarking it against international standards, locally developing an ethical decision-making model, and setting up a Disciplinary Advisory Committee to address ethical complaints.

https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/The-TraceTogether-Matrix-Has-You/991005575870207891

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16820-0#:~:text=Social%20interactions%20are%20highly%20valued,not%20increase%20DCT%20tool%20uptake.

The following sections are included: Introduction, Traditional Malay Medicine’s Approach to Illness, Adaptation Strategies, Concluding Remarks, References