Health Literacy and Acceptance of COVID-19 Preventive Measures and Vaccination in the European Union: A Scoping Review.

Q2 Medicine

Health literacy research and practice Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-07 DOI:10.3928/24748307-20250219-01

Evridiki Vasileia, George Koulierakis, Theodoros Fouskas, Angeliki Liarigkovinou

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Abstract

Background: Health literacy is becoming increasingly important in the field of public health as it contributes to individuals' social empowerment. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, preventive measures (mask usage, physical distancing, hand washing) and vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) shaped the degree of infection of the population, and their acceptance was associated with a multitude of factors, health literacy included. The aim of this scoping review is to explore the impact of all health literacy dimensions (namely, understanding, access, evaluation and application of health information) on accepting preventive measures and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 among adult European citizens.

Methods: A literature search on three different databases was conducted from July 2022 to December 2022.

Key results: A total of 154 articles were initially identified, which were rigorously assessed by two reviewers. Ten studies that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The results showed that health literacy played an important role in accepting preventive measures and vaccination as well as in rating health information related to the coronavirus.

Discussion: Health literacy is a positive predictor of coronavirus prophylaxis and could be incorporated into public health policies to appropriately control future health crises. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2025;9(1):e46-e55.].

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背景：健康素养在公共卫生领域越来越重要，因为它有助于个人的社会赋权。在 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，预防措施（使用口罩、保持身体距离、洗手）和严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2（SARS-CoV-2）疫苗接种影响了人群的感染程度，而这些措施的接受程度与多种因素有关，其中就包括健康素养。本综述旨在探讨所有健康素养维度（即对健康信息的理解、获取、评估和应用）对欧洲成年公民接受预防措施和接种 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗的影响：方法：从 2022 年 7 月至 2022 年 12 月，在三个不同的数据库中进行了文献检索：最初共确定了 154 篇文章，由两名审稿人进行了严格评估。对符合纳入标准的 10 项研究进行了分析。结果显示，健康素养在接受预防措施和疫苗接种以及对冠状病毒相关健康信息的评分方面发挥着重要作用：讨论：健康素养是冠状病毒预防措施的积极预测因素，可将其纳入公共卫生政策，以适当控制未来的健康危机。[HLRP：健康素养研究与实践，2025；9（1）：e46-e55]。

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