The Effect of Parents' Health Literacy Level on the Attitudes and Behaviors of Childhood Vaccinations

Objective: Health literacy is important for parents to correctly perceive and implement decisions about their children's health. of can affect understanding the requirements preventive treatments positive attitudes behaviors towards childhood vaccines. The global growth vaccine hesitations in recent years has led increasing concern at WHO. Therefore, level health may be experiencing hesitancy. For this reason, study was carried out determine relationship between with 0-59 months old children vaccinations. 
 Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design used study. sample group consisted 1038 parents. As data collection tools research; Introductory information form containing introductory information, Parents' Attitudes Childhood Vaccines Scale Literacy were used. Parents contacted via an online survey link. Results: mean age 35.36 ± 4.93 years, 81.7% had undergraduate/graduate degree. statistically significant difference found parents' scores from PACV status obtaining negative vaccines (Z = 2.431, p 0.015; Z 8.707, 0.000, respectively). Vaccine hesitancy higher those who did not obtain than did, obtained opinions personnel not. T-SOY increased, decreased.
 Conclusion: levels decreased. It thought that initiatives targeting improve vaccination coverage knowing these relationships well will benefit determining strategies combating opposition effectiveness. In our study, healthcare professionals. This striking result showing it possible fight against without building trust among