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Health Literacy in Africa—A Scoping Review of Scientific Publications
Sørensen, Kristine; Knoll, Verena; Ramos, Neida; Boateng, Millicent; Alemayehu, Guda; Schamberger, Laura; Harsch, StefaniePublisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; Africa’s health landscape is rapidly changing, requiring new solutions such as a focus on health literacy. However, there is currently a limited overview of the development and application of health literacy in African countries and societies. This scoping review aims to analyze scientific publications on health literacy in Africa with regards to research approaches,...
Adaptation and validation of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for Portugu...
Martins, Silvana; Augusto, Cláudia; Martins, Maria R. O.; José Silva, Maria; Okan, Orkan; Dadaczynsky, Kevin; Duarte, Ana; Fronteira, Inês; Ramos, NeidaPublisher Copyright: © 2022 Australian Health Promotion Association.; Background: Health literacy is an important skill to deal with information and positively influences individual and community health. Information concerning health is available from a plethora of online resources. The concept of digital health literacy has gained prominence with the pandemic. The absence of valid tools to analyse digital lite...
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...