Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Arabic Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine hesitancy is one of the top ten global health threats, with a culturally adapted, validated tool being essential for accurately measuring it to guide public health interventions. Although translations of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) to local languages and their validation have occurred in several contexts, no validated Arabic version exists for the Middle East population. This, however, impedes the process of generating locally and regionally reflective data for targeted interventions and evaluation of vaccine outreach efforts. To translate and validate the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for Arabic-speaking adults. This cross-sectional study followed a five-phase process: translation, expert review, preliminary testing, pilot testing, and validation with psychomet

SUBMITTER: Nour R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452474 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature