Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts

doi:10.1016/j.invent.2022.100500

. 2022 Feb 7:27:100500.

doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100500. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts

Robin van Kessel^{1

2

3}, Brian Li Han Wong^{3

4

5}, Timo Clemens¹, Helmut Brand^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
² Studio Europa, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
³ Research Committee, Global Health Workforce Network (GHWN) Youth Hub, World Health Organization, Switzerland.
⁴ The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030: Growing up in a digital world, Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Digital Health Section, European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karna-taka, India.

PMID: 35242586
PMCID: PMC8861384
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100500

Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts

Robin van Kessel et al. Internet Interv. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 7:27:100500.

doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100500. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Robin van Kessel^{1

2

3}, Brian Li Han Wong^{3

4

5}, Timo Clemens¹, Helmut Brand^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
² Studio Europa, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
³ Research Committee, Global Health Workforce Network (GHWN) Youth Hub, World Health Organization, Switzerland.
⁴ The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030: Growing up in a digital world, Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Digital Health Section, European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karna-taka, India.

PMID: 35242586
PMCID: PMC8861384
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100500

Abstract

•Civic literacy refers to the ability to engage meaningfully with one's community.•Digital, health, and civic literacy are key predictors for digital health literacy.•The extent to which these three affect digital health literacy remains unclear.•Building digital health literacy is vital to limit inequalities from expanding.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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[2] American Library Association . Welcome ALAs Lit Clgh; 2017. Digital Literacy [Internet]https://literacy.ala.org/digital-literacy/ [cited 2021 Oct 8]. Available from:

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[6] Elwell-Sutton Tim, Marshall Louise, Bibby Jo, Volmert Andrew. Health Foundation/Framework Institute; London: 2019. Reframing the Conversation on Social Determinants [Internet]https://www.health.org.uk/sites/default/files/upload/publications/2019/R... Feb. Available from:

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[8] Fernandez E., Woldgabreal Y., Day A., Pham T., Gleich B., Aboujaoude E. Live psychotherapy by video versus in-person: a meta-analysis of efficacy and its relationship to types and targets of treatment. Clin. Psychol. Psychother. 2021 doi: 10.1002/cpp.2594. [cited 2021 Nov 10];n/a(n/a) - DOI - PubMed

[9] Honeyman M., Maguire D., Evans H., Davies A. Digital Technology and Health Inequalities: A Scoping Review [Internet] Public Health Wales NHS Trust; Cardiff: 2020. p. 44.https://phw.nhs.wales/publications/publications1/digital-technology-and-... Available from:

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