The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity

The adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) is valid and reliable for evaluating attitudes toward vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Italian version of the aVHS. After cross-cultural adaptatio...

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Published in:Vaccines (Basel) 2022-01, Vol.10 (2), p.224
Main Authors: Ledda, Caterina, Costantino, Claudio, Liberti, Giuseppe, Rapisarda, Venerando
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