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

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.

Fake news, E-health literacy, Intention , get vaccination, COVID-۱۹