Association Detecting Fake News and E-Health Literacy with Vaccination Intention: cross-sectional study in Esfahan Health Central

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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 شهریور 1401

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Background: During the COVID-۱۹ pandemic, public opinion has been influenced by fake news and rumors about the acceptance of the COVID-۱۹ vaccine. In this regard, public e-health literacy is very important as a tool to deal with misinformation. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the ability to detect fake news and e-health literacy and the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-۱۹.Methods: The present descriptive-analytical (cross-sectional) study examined ۵۲۲ individuals over ۱۸ years of age, who visited the health centers of Isfahan. Data collection tools in this study, in addition to demographic information, included the standard e-health literacy questionnaire and the researcher-made questionnaire able to detect fake news. After collecting the questionnaires, we entered the data in SPSS ۲۴ and utilized the Kruskal-Wallis test, Chisquare test, Spearman test, and logistic regression models for data analysis. The significance level was considered to be ۰.۰۵.Results: The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between the intention to get vaccinated and the ability to detect fake news. A one-unit increase in the score of the ability to detect fake news respectively reduced the intention to not get vaccinated or vaccine hesitancy by ۲۴% and ۳۲%. There was also a significant association between the intention to get vaccinated and e-health literacy so that A one-unit increase in e-health literacy score decreased the intention to not get vaccinated by about ۶%. The results of the correlation between the ability to detect fake news and e-health literacy indicated that increasing e-health literacy score one unit, increased the ability to detect fake news by ۰.۳۳۳% and vice versa. (Spearman's Rho= ۰.۳۳۳, P<۰.۰۰۱).Conclusion: The results demonstrated that individuals, with a higher ability to detect fake news, had a higher intention to get vaccinated against COVID-۱۹. Those with higher e-health literacy also had a more intention to get vaccinated against COVID-۱۹. Therefore, we suggest developing the educational programs to promote the ability to detect fake news and increase ehealth literacy to promote the acceptance of the COVID-۱۹ vaccine.

Authors

Abouzar Nazari

phd. Student, Iran, Tehran, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Student Research Committee and Health Education and Health Promotion Group

Maede Hossennia

PhD Student in Health Education and Health Promotion, Student Research Committee, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Mina Hajihashemi

PhD Student in Health Education and Health Promotion, Student Research Committee, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Asiyeh pirzadeh

Assistant Prophessor, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion Isfahan, Iran