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Infodemic preparedness and COVID-19: searching about public health and social m...
Rosário, Rafaela; Fronteira, Inês; Martins, Maria R. O.; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Messer, Melanie; Martins, Silvana; Duarte, AnaWe aimed to evaluate the associations between information searching about public health and social measures (PHSM) and university students’ digital health literacy (DHL) related to the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 3,084 Portuguese university students (75.7% females), with an average age of 24.2 (SD = 7.5). Sociodemographic data, DHL questionnaire and on...
Digital health literacy and web-based information-seeking behaviors of universi...
Dadaczynski, Kevin; Okan, Orkan; Messer, Melanie; Leung, Angela Y. M.; Rosário, Rafaela; Darlington, Emily; Rathmann, KatharinaBackground: Digital communication technologies are playing an important role in the health communication strategies of governments and public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The internet and social media have become important sources of health-related information on COVID-19 and on protective behaviors. In addition, the COVID-19 infodemic is spreading faster than the coronavirus itself, which i...
Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: a...
Okan, Orkan; Lopes, Ester; Bollweg, Torsten Michael; Bröder, Janine; Messer, Melanie; Bruland, Dirk; Bond, Emma; Carvalho, Graça Simões deBACKGROUND: Health literacy is an important health promotion concern and recently children and adolescents have been the focus of increased academic attention. To assess the health literacy of this population, researchers have been focussing on developing instruments to measure their health literacy. Compared to the wider availability of instruments for adults, only a few tools are known for younger age groups....
Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents : ...
Okan, Orkan; Lopes, Ester; Bollweg, Torsten Michael; Bröder, Janine; Messer, Melanie; Bruland, Dirk; Bond, Emma; Carvalho, Graça S.; Sørensen, KristineBACKGROUND: Health literacy is an important health promotion concern and recently children and adolescents have been the focus of increased academic attention. To assess the health literacy of this population, researchers have been focussing on developing instruments to measure their health literacy. Compared to the wider availability of instruments for adults, only a few tools are known for younger age groups....