The still unexplored mediating role of vaccine literacy

According to the most recent definition, which summarizes previous definitions, VL is the degree to which people have the capacity to obtain and understand information regarding vaccination and related services. It entails ‘knowledge,’ ‘motivation,’ and ‘competencies’ to access, understand, and critically appraise and apply information about immunization, vaccines, and vaccination programs, at personal, organizational, and community levels. Despite this definition is similar to that of HL, the two realms only partially overlap, as motivations about vaccines and vaccination are unique.