COVID-19 infodemic and digital health literacy in vulnerable populations: a scoping review

MA Choukou, DC Sanchez-Ramirez, M Pol… - Digital …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background People from lower and middle socioeconomic classes and vulnerable
populations are among the worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus exacerbating …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitators of and barriers to accessing hospital medical specialty telemedicine consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review

AS Cunha, AR Pedro, JV Cordeiro - Journal of medical Internet research, 2023 - jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transition in health care, which
required a rapid adaptation for stakeholders. Telemedicine has emerged as an ideal tool to …

Health literacy, digital health literacy, and COVID-19 pandemic attitudes and behaviors in US college students: implications for interventions

U Patil, U Kostareva, M Hadley, JA Manganello… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by rapidly emerging evidence, changing
guidance, and misinformation, which present new challenges for health literacy (HL) and …

Health literacy as a social vaccine in the COVID-19 pandemic

O Okan, M Messer, D Levin-Zamir… - Health Promotion …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus in the
coronavirus family, causing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Biomedical vaccines are …

COVID-19 and health information seeking behavior: digital health literacy survey amongst university students in Pakistan

R Zakar, S Iqbal, MZ Zakar, F Fischer - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, digital health literacy (DHL) has become a significant public
health concern. This research aims to assess information seeking behavior, as well as the …

Public information needs during the COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in mainland China

Y Yi, DKW Chiu - Library Hi Tech, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The impact of COVID-19 has led to a surge in the public's reliance on the Internet
for pandemic information, and the policy of home isolation has exacerbated this. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Digital health literacy: bibliometric analysis

K Yang, Y Hu, H Qi - Journal of medical Internet research, 2022 - jmir.org
Background: Digital health is growing at a rapid pace, and digital health literacy has
attracted increasing attention from the academic community. Objective: The purposes of this …

The impact of health literacy on knowledge and attitudes towards preventive strategies against COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

MJ Silva, P Santos - International journal of environmental research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic introduced a set of mitigation
measures based on personal behavior and attitudes. In the absence of vaccination or …

Digital health literacy, online information-seeking behaviour, and satisfaction of Covid-19 information among the university students of East and South-East Asia

MNN Htay, LL Parial, MC Tolabing, K Dadaczynski… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing interest in online information about
coronavirus worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the digital health literacy (DHL) level …

Facing the growing COVID-19 infodemic: digital health literacy and information-seeking behaviour of university students in Slovenia

M Vrdelja, S Vrbovšek, V Klopčič… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The entire world is faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, which is also accompanied by an
infodemic. This refers to the rapid spread of (accurate and false) information, mainly through …