Ilaria Montagni|Kevin Ouazzani-Touhami|Adel Mebarki|Nathalie Texier|Stéphane Schück|Christophe Tzourio
Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy
Bordeaux Population Health|Inserm|Bordeaux Population Health|Inserm|Bordeaux Population Health|Inserm
covid19 pandemic fake news circulating impacting general populations opinion vaccine sarscov2 health literacy measures capacity navigating health informationwe used data prospective national online cohort 1647 participants descriptive statistics chi2 anova independence tests two multivariable multinomial regression models performed interactions variable testeddetection fake news health literacy scores associated intention get vaccinated sarscov2 p 001 risk antivaccination hesitant rather provaccination higher among individuals reporting bad detection fake news respectively 193 95ci 130287 180 95ci 129252 risk hesitant rather provaccination higher among individuals bad health literacy score 144 95ci 104200 interaction found detection fake news health literacyto promote acceptance vaccine sarscov2 recommended increase individuals ability detect fake news health literacy education communication programs