ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Why does health literacy matter, and for whom? Explaining the differentiating impact of health literacy on vaccine attitudes.
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- Parents' and caregivers' views on pediatric meningococcal disease and serogroup B vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Parental Vaccine Hesitancy in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in the United States, 2025.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Factors influencing vaccination willingness in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the CoCo-Fakt study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of vaccine hesitancy in Italy: a cross-sectional study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the Respiratory Infections Assembly.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Rebuilding Vaccine Confidence Through Community-Centered Health Promotion: A Call for Trust, Engagement, and Sustainable Immunization.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Article
- Understanding treatment expectations toward emerging therapies in veterinary medicine: the role of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward psychedelic-assisted interventions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Health literacy, awareness and referral patterns of mothers in childhood vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Influencing factors and enhancement strategies for vaccination behavior among Chinese residents: an empirical analysis based on a nationwide survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Vaccination has substantially reduced the spread and severity of infectious diseases. Despite its efficacy, vaccine hesitancy remains a global challenge, often linked to inadequate health literacy and unfavorable vaccine attitudes. Understanding the mechanisms through which health literacy influences vaccine-related attitudes is crucial because it could inform policy interventions aimed at fostering more favorable vaccine attitudes. Method: The present cross-sectional study of Slovenian adults ( Results: Using mediation and moderated mediation models, we found that health literacy positively influences vaccine attitudes both directly and indirectly by reducing beliefs in myths. The relationship between health literacy and vaccine attitudes is moderated by healthcare training, with stronger positive effect among individuals with such training. Additionally, the negative effect of health literacy on beliefs in myths is stronger among individuals with higher education. Discussion: Our findings indicate that broader educational inequalities should be addressed to ensure that the positive effect of health literacy on vaccine attitudes is distributed more equitably across groups with different educational levels and fields of expertise.
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