Vaccine literacy and its influencing factors among parents of children 0-3 years of age:a cross-sectional pilot study
Objective To explore the level of vaccine literacy and its influencing factors among parents of children 0-3 years of age.Methods We used a cross-sectional design to recruit parents of 0-3-year-old children from a district of Henan province for a questionnaire-based vaccine literacy survey.We analyzed the level of vaccine literacy(proportion with＞80％of core questions answered correctly)and factors influencing literacy.Results The overall level of vaccine literacy among subjects was 37.57％(328/873).Levels of vaccine literacy for basic knowledge,basic beliefs,and behavior in the primary dimension were 34.25％,49.94％,and 45.82％,respectively;for scientific knowledge,practical knowledge,subjective cognition,value recognition,information acquisition and application ability,and vaccination service application ability in the secondary dimension,literacy levels were 20.39％,83.05％,36.66％,62.31％,39.29％,and 82.47％.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that vaccine literacy was highest among subjects who lived in rural areas and who had medium annual family incomes[OR(95％CI):1.90(1.36-2.64)and 1.62(1.17-2.25)].Conclusions Vaccine literacy was low among parents of children 0-3 years of age in the pilot district.We should focus on health education about vaccine-related scientific knowledge,subjective cognition,and ability to acquire and apply information.
Vaccine literacyInfluencing factorParents of children
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