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Perceived health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Chinese college students: A mediation analysis.
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- Exploring the willingness to pay for HPV vaccines and price sensitivity among Chinese college students: the impact of health literacy and vaccine hesitancy.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Talking about the Vaccine after the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study among Youth in Turkey and Ethical Issues.Vaccines · 2023Article
- The Development and Preliminary Application of the Chinese Version of the COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Willingness to accept a second COVID-19 vaccination booster dose among healthcare workers in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough COVID-19 vaccines hold the potential to dramatically alter the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy remains a serious threat to the management and control of COVID-19 infections. Vaccination of young adults plays a crucial role in achieving herd immunity. However, the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the youth in China have not been fully explored. Our study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of perceived health literacy on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
methodsThis survey was conducted among Chinese college students during September and October, 2020. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was defined as the likelihood that participants would get a COVID-19 vaccine. A mediation analysis was employed to explore the direct and indirect effects of perceived health literacy on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
resultsA total of 2,587 college students were included in our study. The results of the survey revealed that the majority (80.40%) of the participants expressed high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. After controlling for demographic characteristics, the relationship between perceived health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was mediated by positive attitudes toward general vaccination (std.β = 0.004, p = 0.037) and self-efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine (std.β = 0.053, p < 0.001).
conclusionsThe findings suggest that interventions targeting health literacy to promote COVID-19 vaccination coverage might consider placing greater emphasis on enhancing the positive attitude towards and self-efficacy of vaccines among youth.
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