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Objective: This research was carried out to measure the Covid- 19 vaccine literacy, and to examie the attitudes towards the Covid- 19 vaccine, of the students studying in the field of health at the university, which is one of the important brain resources of our country. Material and Methods: the research is descriptive and cross- sectional. The population of the research consisted of 4728 students at the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy located in the central campus of Erciyes University between 29.03.2022- 15.04.2022. ın order to research results that can be generalized to the population in the study, it is necessary to collect data from a minimum of 355 people. In order to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, data were collected from 455 people using a total of 455 questionaires. In order to collecct data in the research, a questionnaire consisting of 3 parts was used. The research was conducted with face to face survey technique. IBM SPSS 26.00 package program was used to evaluate the data. Results: 74.7% of the students participating in the research are 21 years old and under, 25.3% are 22 years old and over. 70% of the participants are womwn and 30% are men. 30.2% of the participants were students of the Faculty of Medicine, 18.9% of them were students of the Faculty of Pharmacy, 29.8% of them were students of the Faculty of Health Sciences and 21.1% of them were students of the Faculty of Dentistry. 100% of the students have been vaccinated against Covid- 19. 15.8% obtained information about Covid- 19 from scientific publications, 34.7% from television, 24.4% from a health institution and 12.4% from the website. Conclusion and Suggestions: The Covid- 19 vaccine literacy level of university students is moderate. Factors such as age income status, faculty variable were found to be effective on vaccine literacy. Significant differences were found between catching the Covid- 19 virus and Covid- 9 vaccine literacy and attitude towards the Covid- 19 vaccine. A low positive correlation was found between Covid- 19 vaccine literacy and attitude towards Covid- 19 vaccine. ın order to create social immunity and reduce the course of the epidemic, we should increase the positive attitudes of our health workers and health worker candidates toward the Covid- 19 vaccine. this can only be achieved by increasing the vaccination literacy level. According to the results of the research, the more the vaccine literacy of the students is increased, the more positive attitudes towards the Covid- 19 vaccine will increase.

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