ArticleHealth psychology and behavioral medicine2026
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Slovakia: mapping slovak population through latent class analysis.
Article in Health psychology and behavioral medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Vaccine hesitancy and public adherence to health measures remain critical challenges in Slovakia, where coverage of COVID-19 vaccination has been low, and parents' decisions regarding vaccination of their children further illustrate variability in immunization uptake. Methods: This study investigates how Slovak adults ( Results: Our findings indicate that health literacy is an important characteristic distinguishing population segments with different vaccine-related beliefs and behaviours. Individuals with higher health literacy demonstrated greater confidence in vaccination and more autonomous, informed decision-making, whereas those with lower literacy relied more on external authority and restrictive measures. Conclusions: These results highlight the importance of tailored public health communication strategies that prioritize clarity, accessibility, and credibility, alongside interventions that combine education and community engagement. By targeting health literacy, policymakers can potentially reduce vaccine hesitancy and foster sustainable trust in health systems. Future research should explore longitudinal and mixed-method approaches to examine causal mechanisms and the dynamic interplay of literacy, trust, and social influence over time.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.