Perceived health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Chinese college students: A mediation analysis.
PLoS One
; 17(9): e0273285, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2009695
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although COVID-19 vaccines hold the potential to dramatically alter the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy remains a serious threat to the management and control of COVID-19 infections. Vaccination of young adults plays a crucial role in achieving herd immunity. However, the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the youth in China have not been fully explored. Our study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of perceived health literacy on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.METHODS:
This survey was conducted among Chinese college students during September and October, 2020. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was defined as the likelihood that participants would get a COVID-19 vaccine. A mediation analysis was employed to explore the direct and indirect effects of perceived health literacy on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.RESULTS:
A total of 2,587 college students were included in our study. The results of the survey revealed that the majority (80.40%) of the participants expressed high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. After controlling for demographic characteristics, the relationship between perceived health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was mediated by positive attitudes toward general vaccination (std.ß = 0.004, p = 0.037) and self-efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine (std.ß = 0.053, p < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
The findings suggest that interventions targeting health literacy to promote COVID-19 vaccination coverage might consider placing greater emphasis on enhancing the positive attitude towards and self-efficacy of vaccines among youth.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Health Literacy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0273285
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