ReviewSAGE open medicine2023
Health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance worldwide: A systematic review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed.
- Vaccine literacy among Italian travelers: A web-based survey using a brief assessment tool.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Parents' and caregivers' views on pediatric meningococcal disease and serogroup B vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the European health literacy survey questionnaire short-short form (HLS-EU-Q6) among Slovenian youth, adults, and older adults.BMC public health · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Among Black Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the USA.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Interactive, Personalized Patient Decision Aid for COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: User-Centered Design Approach.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Association between COVID-related health literacy and vaccine acceptance: results of a nationwide cross-sectional study in Hungary.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of COVID-19 vaccine and booster acceptance among healthcare workers in public and private sectors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
- Shared and vaccine-specific factors associated with COVID-19 and influenza vaccination intentions among adults in Poland: a COM-B-informed cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Racial disparities related to the perception of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among parents of children aged 0-12 years old in Canada.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Vaccine Attitudes Among Adults in a Southern European Region: Survey from Pre- to Post-COVID-19.Vaccines · 2025Article
- The associations between childhood vaccine history and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among older adults in 28 high-income countries.Research square · 2025Article
- Investigating post-COVID-19 confidence in emergency use authorization vaccines: A hypothetical case of mpox.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- SARS-CoV-2 testing, test positivity and vaccination in social housing residents compared with the general population: a retrospective population-based cohort study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2025Article
- Comparing COVID-19 literacy and vaccine hesitancy among health care workers, including oral health professionals, in Japan.BDJ open · 2025Article
- Why does health literacy matter, and for whom? Explaining the differentiating impact of health literacy on vaccine attitudes.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccination, all-cause mortality, and hospitalization for cancer: 30-month cohort study in an Italian province.EXCLI journal · 2025Article
- Why do older adults hesitate to get the flu vaccine? A cross-sectional study on vaccine hesitancy in the post-COVID-19 era.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The still unexplored mediating role of vaccine literacy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and its related determinants in Nigeria: An online survey.World journal of virology · 2024Article
- Role of new vaccinators/pharmacists in life-course vaccination.Annals of medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Objective: Health literacy helps an individual to have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information to make appropriate health decisions. This study aimed to review the association between health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Method: This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses steps. Databases including PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, World Health Organization libraries, and Google Scholar were used to search all published articles in the area of health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance until August 1, 2022. Result: In this review, 1348 articles were retrieved. Finally, 13 articles were included in the review after the removal of duplicates that did not meet our inclusion criteria. In all, 10 articles showed that health literacy was significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. This review also showed that positive perception of the vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, adverse reaction from vaccines, residence, socioeconomic status, level of education, younger age, being a health worker, and positive belief have associations with health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. There was significant heterogeneity in the study population and measurement tools used for health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Conclusion: This systematic review provides comprehensive evidence on health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance globally. There was significant heterogeneity in the study population and measurement tools used for health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Most studies reported that health literacy is significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Therefore, investing in health literacy using different vaccine promotion strategies may improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and health decision-making to decrease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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