ReviewVaccines2022
The Association of Health Literacy with Intention to Vaccinate and Vaccination Status: A Systematic Review.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Prevalence and determinants of vaccination intention towards routine immunizations in university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- How well does vaccine literacy predict intention to vaccinate and vaccination status? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Pooled it
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- Impact of multifaceted health education on influenza vaccination health literacy in primary school students: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Vaccine literacy among Italian travelers: A web-based survey using a brief assessment tool.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- The Moderating Role of Demographic Variables in the Effect of Health Literacy on Anti-Vaccination Sentiment.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Relationality, Overload, and Trust: How Housing-Insecure Youth Navigated Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Vaccine communication: a critical review of foundations, challenges, and future directions.NPJ vaccines · 2026Review
- Ignorance is not bliss: the impact of sources of information on HPV vaccination knowledge, attitudes, and intentions among unvaccinated young adults in Israel.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Health literacy, awareness and referral patterns of mothers in childhood vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Misconceptions and knowledge gaps about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination among central American immigrant parents in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Sexual and reproductive health literacy of higher education students: a scoping review of determinants, screening tools, and effective interventions.Global health action · 2025Article
- Willingness among adults in the United States to receive a combination influenza and COVID-19 vaccine.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Understanding the rise of vaccine refusal: perceptions, fears, and influences.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Knowledge of, Attitudes toward, Barriers to, and Uptake Rate of Influenza Virus Vaccine among Adults Aged ≥65 Years in Jordan: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- The role of vaccine literacy and health literacy in the health prevention decision-making process.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Information access and COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among foreign-born persons in Sweden - a focus group interview-study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Trend of immunization & gap in vaccine doses as observed in National Family Health Survey rounds in India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Despite health literacy (HL) being recognized as a driver of health-promoting behavior, its influence on the vaccination decision-making process remains unclear. This study summarized current evidence on the association between HL and both intention to vaccinate and vaccination status. We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, retrieving observational studies published until January 2022 that used HL-validated tools to investigate the above associations for any vaccine. Quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Twenty-one articles were included; of these, six investigated the intention to vaccinate and the remainder vaccination status. Articles on intention looked at SARS-CoV-2 vaccination using heterogeneous HL tools and were of high/fair quality. Vaccination status, mainly for influenza or pneumococcal vaccines, was explored using various HL tools; the quality was generally high. We found inconsistent results across and within vaccine types, with no clear conclusion for either vaccination intention or status. A weak but positive association was reported between a high HL level and influenza vaccination uptake for individuals aged more than 65 years. HL did not seem to significantly influence behavior towards vaccination. Differences in the methods used might explain these results. Further research is needed to investigate the role of HL in the vaccination decision-making process.
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