How Media Literacy, Trust of Experts and Flu Vaccine Behaviors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess how previous experiences and new information contributed to COVID-19 vaccine intentions.

Design

Online survey (N = 1264) with quality checks.

Setting

Cross-sectional U.S. survey fielded June 22-July 18, 2020.

Sample

U.S. residents 18+; quotas reflecting U.S. Census, limited to English speakers participating in internet panels.

Measures

Media literacy for news content and sources, COVID-19 knowledge; perceived usefulness of health experts; if received flu vaccine in past 12 months; vaccine willingness scale; demographics.

Analysis

Structural equation modelling.

Results

Perceived usefulness of health experts (b = .422, P < .001) and media literacy (b = .162, P < .003) predicted most variance in va

SUBMITTER: Austin EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9551663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature