Soheila Ranjbaran|Khalil Maleki Chollou|Sara Pourrazavi|Towhid Babazadeh
Barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake: classification and the role of Health Literacy and Media Literacy
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
vaccination one influential costeffective health interventions preventing reducing covid19 diseases unfortunately majority worlds population deprived vaccination health literacy hl media literacy ml essential covid19 vaccination present study investigates barriers covid19 vaccine uptake focusing classification roles hl mla crosssectional study conducted among people 1865 years old sarab city located east azerbaijan iran september october 2020 multistage cluster sampling employed recruit 298 people health care services centers hccsthe results research demonstrated 326 participants reported fully injected covid19 vaccines also hl positively associated ml r 0214 p 005 barriers covid19 vaccine uptake classified personal interpersonal group organizational society decisionmaking factors besides barriers covid19 vaccine significantly correlated hl r 0298 p 005 ml r 0266 p 005 additionally hierarchical regression model demographic characteristics accounted 82 variation barriers covid19 vaccine f 434 p 0001 monthly income 0237 p 005 marriage statues 0131 p 005 statistically associated low barriers hl predictor variables explained additional 144 variation barriers covid19 vaccine f 5384 p 0001 ml explained extra 92 variation f 3883 p 0001 total demographic characteristics hl dimensions ml able explain 318 variation barriers covid19 vaccineaccording findings various strategies needed increase covid19 vaccination uptake due fact barriers covid19 vaccination uptake multifactorial facts help health policymakers healthcare providers design mediabased interventions reduce barriers covid19 vaccination uptake among adults enhancing vaccine hl ml adults improving vaccine confidence high priority