Niccolò Fiorentino Polipo, Jochem Willemsen, Delphine Kallai
The Operators Model of Psychoanalytic Clinical Reasoning
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
parents make important vaccination decisions children many variables affect parents decisions accept decline vaccines parents tasked locating understanding applying information inform health decisions often using online resources however digital health literacy levels parents unknown purpose study investigate parents digital health literacy levels sources vaccine information analyze demographics digital health literacy health literacy parental attitudes vaccine beliefs trust vaccine information sources predict vaccine acceptance quantitative findings mixed methods study examined parental vaccine decision making across continuum vaccine hesitant vaccine accepting reported online survey parents young children living ontario canada conducted 2022 multiple linear regression determined predictors vaccine acceptance 219 participants completed survey average reported adequate digital health literacy skill healthcare providers reported commonly used source vaccine information two models retained predicted vaccine acceptance models predicted 50 variability vaccine acceptance model identified trust predicted parent vaccine acceptance model b identified digital health literacy vaccine information sources healthcare providers family friends alternate healthcare providers predicted vaccine acceptance family friends alternate healthcare providers negatively predicted vaccine acceptance parents study high levels digital health literacy opportunities exist research policy change focused trust systemic public health level clinical level implications included importance healthcare providers vaccine information source adequate digital health literacy facilitate parental vaccine decision making continued efforts develop awareness importance digital health literacy among public healthcare providers needed including research digital health literacy levels canadians