Perceived health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Chinese college students: A mediation analysis.

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 indirec

SUBMITTER: Jiang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439250 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature