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EDITORIAL

Vaccine Literacy: A New Shot for Advancing Health

Pages 227-229 | Published online: 04 Mar 2011

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Luigi Roberto Biasio, Patrizio Zanobini, Chiara Lorini, Pietro Monaci, Alice Fanfani, Veronica Gallinoro, Gabriele Cerini, Giuseppe Albora, Marco Del Riccio, Sergio Pecorelli & Guglielmo Bonaccorsi. (2023) COVID-19 vaccine literacy: A scoping review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 19:1.
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Luigi Roberto Biasio, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Chiara Lorini & Sergio Pecorelli. (2021) Assessing COVID-19 vaccine literacy: a preliminary online survey. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 17:5, pages 1304-1312.
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Nancy A. Otieno, Fredrick Otiato, Bryan Nyawanda, Maxwel Adero, Winnie N. Wairimu, Dominic Ouma, Raphael Atito, Andrew Wilson, Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Fauzia A. Malik, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Saad B. Omer, Sandra S. Chaves & Jennifer R. Verani. (2020) Drivers and barriers of vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in Kenya. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 16:10, pages 2429-2437.
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Lauren D. Rauh, Hannah S. Lathan, Matthew M. Masiello, Scott C. Ratzan & Ruth M. Parker. (2020) A Select Bibliography of Actions to Promote Vaccine Literacy: A Resource for Health Communication. Journal of Health Communication 25:10, pages 843-858.
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Aisha T. Langford. (2020) Health Communication and Decision Making about Vaccine Clinical Trials during a Pandemic. Journal of Health Communication 25:10, pages 780-789.
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Luigi Roberto Biasio. (2019) Vaccine literacy is undervalued. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 15:11, pages 2552-2553.
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Luigi Roberto Biasio, Annalaura Carducci, Gaetano Maria Fara, Giuseppe Giammanco & Pier Luigi Lopalco. (2018) Health literacy, emotionality, scientific evidence: Elements of an effective communication in public health. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 14:6, pages 1515-1516.
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Xiaomin Wang, Xudong Zhou, Lin Leesa & Sarah Mantwill. (2018) The Effect of Vaccine Literacy on Parental Trust and Intention to Vaccinate after a Major Vaccine Scandal. Journal of Health Communication 23:5, pages 413-421.
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Chiara Lorini, Francesca Santomauro, Martina Donzellini, Leonardo Capecchi, Angela Bechini, Sara Boccalini, Paolo Bonanni & Guglielmo Bonaccorsi. (2018) Health literacy and vaccination: A systematic review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 14:2, pages 478-488.
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Luigi Roberto Biasio. (2017) Vaccine hesitancy and health literacy. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 13:3, pages 701-702.
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Sarah N. Heiss, Heather J. Carmack & Amy E. Chadwick. (2015) Effects of interpersonal communication, knowledge, and attitudes on pertussis vaccination in Vermont. Journal of Communication in Healthcare 8:3, pages 207-219.
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Enming Zhang, Zhengyue Dai, Suxing Wang, Xiaolong Wang, Xian Zhang & Qiong Fang. (2023) Vaccine Literacy and Vaccination: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Public Health 68.
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Ilaria Montagni, Aude Pouymayou, Edwige Pereira, Christophe Tzourio, Stéphane Schück, Nathalie Texier & Juan Luis González-Caballero. (2022) Measuring Digital Vaccine Literacy: Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Digital Vaccine Literacy Scale. Journal of Medical Internet Research 24:12, pages e39220.
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Eva Runngren, Mats Eriksson & Karin Blomberg. (2021) Parents’ reasoning about HPV vaccination in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 36:4, pages 1113-1122.
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Yihui Li, Yi Guo, Xusheng Wu, Qingyuan Hu & Dehua Hu. (2022) The Development and Preliminary Application of the Chinese Version of the COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:20, pages 13601.
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Anca-Elena David, Costin-Răzvan Enache, Gabriel Hasmațuchi & Raluca Stanciu. (2022) No need for the needle. A qualitative analysis of the antivax movement in Romania. El Profesional de la información.
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Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Camila A. Picchio, Shevanthi Nayagam, Scott Ratzan & Mark Thursz. (2020) Strengthening vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A new opportunity for global hepatitis B virus elimination. Journal of Hepatology 73:3, pages 490-492.
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