Role of Vaccine Hesitancy, eHealth Literacy, and Vaccine Literacy in Young Adults' COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Intention in a Lower-Middle-Income Country.

ABSTRACT: Various control measures, including vaccination, have been taken to flatten the COVID-19 epidemic curve across the globe. However, in Bangladesh, many young adults, considered the asymptomatic transmitter of the disease, are waiting to get their first shot. Therefore, the potential predictors of the young adults' vaccine uptake intention are significant to ensure their maximum vaccination when available to them. This study examined how vaccine hesitancy, eHealth literacy, and vaccine literacy are associated with young adults' COVID-19 vaccine uptake intention in a lower-middle-income country. A total of 343 young adults participated in the study. Using ordinary least square and probit estimation, we examined the effect of the explanatory variables of interest on vaccine uptake intention. V

SUBMITTER: Nath R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8704098 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature