Assessing vaccine hesitancy and health literacy using a new Italian vaccine confidence index and a modified Italian medical term recognition test: A cross-sectional survey on Italian parents

Assessing vaccine hesitancy and health literacy using a new Italian vaccine confidence index and a modified Italian medical term recognition test: A cross-sectional survey on Italian parents

ABSTRACTThe decline in children’s vaccination coverage and the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases draw attention to parents’ vaccine hesitancy. Our study introduces two validated tools to independently assess vaccine hesitancy and health literacy among parents with school-age children. We...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guglielmo Arzilli, Lorenzo Stacchini, Virginia Casigliani, Sara Mazzilli, Francesco Aquino, Aurea Oradini-Alacreu, Beatrice Bruni, Filippo Quattrone, Francesca Papini, Daniele Sironi, Andrea Davide Porretta, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera, Caterina Rizzo, Lara Tavoschi, Pier Luigi Lopalco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
Vaccine hesitancy
health literacy
vaccine-preventable diseases
vaccine index
confidence
parents
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2023.2271765

Internet

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2023.2271765

Similar Items