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ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2024

Vaccine literacy, vaccination intention, and their correlation among adults in Mainland China: a cross-sectional study.

Shang Gao, Yuling Li, Xuecong Wang, Shaohua Li, Ming Chen, Baoli Yue

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Shang GaoDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
Yuling LiDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China. yuling@jlu.edu.cn.
Xuecong WangDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
Shaohua LiDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
Ming ChenDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
Baoli YueDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.

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backgroundVaccination is one of the most economic and effective strategies for preventing infectious diseases. However, public intention to be vaccinated is, to a certain degree, influenced by issues related to vaccine hesitancy, anti-vaccine movement, and public concerns about safety and adverse effects. Vaccine literacy is considered as a positive factor in improving vaccination intention, however, the correlation between vaccine literacy and vaccination intention has not been thoroughly investigated in mainland China. This study aims to (1) explore the correlation between vaccine literacy and vaccination intention among adults in mainland China; (2) investigate whether participants could seek out vaccine information on their own initiative and whether they knew basic information of common vaccines.

methodsAn online cross-sectional survey was conducted on 614 adult participants from 27 May to 8 June 2023 by a convenience sampling. Data were collected by using the questionnaire of demographic characteristics, vaccine literacy, vaccination intention, initiative of seeking out vaccine information, and basic vaccine quiz about common vaccines. Data were analyzed by using IBM SPSS version 24.0 at a significance level of 0.05.

resultsThe mean scores of functional, and interactive-critical vaccine literacy were 2.97 ± 0.70 and 2.73 ± 0.66; the vaccination intentions of influenza, hepatitis B, COVID-19 and HPV were 58.5%, 80.0%, 71.3% and 62.9% respectively; interactive-critical vaccine literacy was significantly and positively associated with vaccination intention. The results also showed: 71.4% of the participants could seek out vaccine information on their own initiative, however, a certain proportion of the participants merely knew vaccine names and did not know basic information of common vaccines, especially influenza vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine.

conclusionsThere is still room for improvement in vaccine literacy, vaccination intention of influenza and HPV vaccines, and basic vaccine information. Based on the significantly positive correlation between interactive-critical vaccine literacy and vaccination intention, it is advisable to harness vaccine literacy to boost vaccination intention by communicating and learning basic information of common vaccines.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyIntentionVaccinationAdolescentAdultChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesVaccination HesitancyYoung AdultCOVID-19Hepatitis BHPVInfluenzaVaccination intentionVaccine literacy

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