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- Title
Relação do letramento digital em saúde e a COVID-19.
- Authors
Catelan Mainardes, Yasmin; Ueda Yamaguchi, Mirian; Cristina Catelan-Mainardes, Sandra
- Abstract
Digital health literacy represents an individual's ability to analyze, understand, and apply health concepts to oneself and the community. This study aims to identify the level of digital health literacy in relation to the occurrence of COVID-19. It is a cross-sectional study that used the validated version of the eHEALS instrument, sociodemographic questions, and questions related to coping with this pandemic. Digital social networks such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and email were used to invite users to participate in the study and subsequently classify them into two groups: 1) COVID and 2) non-COVID, analyzing them individually and relating them to the level of literacy. It was observed that digital health literacy and prevention of contagion did not have significant points in the level of health literacy, something justified by the increase in transmission of fake news, the incorrect use of preventive measures, the lack of government support in a state of emergency, and the population's insecurity towards an emergency vaccine. Finally, it is noted that the majority of the research participants consider it important to have access to health information on the internet, but a minority feel confident in using this information to make decisions. Thus, digital literacy can help promote health and improve the population's quality of life.
- Publication
Saúde e Pesquisa, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1983-1870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17765/2176-9206.2023v16n2.e11493