The Role of E-Health Literacy in Preventive Behaviors for COVID-19: A Systematic Review

F. Ameri, M. Dastani, A. Sabahi, F. Hooshangi, M. Rahimkarimi, E. Rajabi, P. Yaghooby
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Background and Objective: E-health literacy is a set of skills that evaluates health information in electronic information resources. Due to the importance of COVID-19 prevention, the present systematic review investigated the role of e-health literacy in preventive behaviors for COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A systematic review was performed following the principles of PRISMA. The main databases including the Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed databases were searched on August 2, 2021, without restrictions in publication time. The selected keywords were combined via Boolean operators including “Computer Literacy, » «Telehealth literacy, » «Mobile health literacy, » «Electronic health literacy, » «E-Health literacy,» «E-health literacy,» «Health technology literacy,» «Digital health literacy,» «Health Information literacy,» «Digital literacy,» «Technology literacy,» «Internet literacy,» «Online health literacy,» «Online health information literacy» and the words related to the COVID-19. Inclusion criteria consisted of original articles, which evaluated the effect of e-health literacy on the preventive behavior toward COVID-19. Results: Among 694 retrieved articles, eight papers were eventually included in this study, four studies examined the effect of e-health literacy on the acceptance of health behaviors and general behaviors. Moreover, one study reviewed the role of e-health literacy in enhancing preventive behaviors and preventing related infections. Another study investigated the effect of socioeconomic status on e-health literacy and adherence to prevention guidelines. Another research developed and implemented digital health literacy to promote mother, child, and family health regarding disease prevention. Moreover, health behaviors related to COVID-19, health literacy, and e-health literacy were investigated in another study. Conclusion: Enhancing the levels of e-health literacy is one of the recognized methods to increase the observance and adherence to the guidelines which was designated to control and prevention of the COVID-19 disease. Accordingly, relevant organizations and institutions, including the Ministry of Health, universities, and medical centers, need to design and develop appropriate training programs in this context. © 2022, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
电子卫生素养在COVID-19预防行为中的作用:系统综述
背景与目的:电子卫生素养是评价电子信息资源中健康信息的一套技能。鉴于COVID-19预防的重要性,本系统综述调查了电子卫生素养在COVID-19预防行为中的作用。材料和方法:按照PRISMA的原则进行系统评价。检索的主要数据库包括Scopus、Web of Science和PubMed数据库,检索时间为2021年8月2日,不受发表时间限制。选定的关键词通过布尔运算符组合,包括“计算机素养”、“远程健康素养”、“移动健康素养”、“电子健康素养”、“电子健康素养”、“健康技术素养”、“数字健康素养”、“健康信息素养”、“数字素养”、“技术素养”、“互联网素养”、“在线健康素养”、“在线健康信息素养”和与COVID-19相关的词语。纳入标准包括原创文章,评估电子卫生素养对COVID-19预防行为的影响。结果:在694篇被检索的论文中,最终有8篇论文被纳入本研究,其中4篇研究考察了电子健康素养对健康行为接受度和一般行为的影响。此外,一项研究审查了电子卫生素养在加强预防行为和预防相关感染方面的作用。另一项研究调查了社会经济地位对电子卫生知识普及和遵守预防指南的影响。另一项研究开发并实施了数字健康素养,以促进母亲、儿童和家庭在疾病预防方面的健康。此外,在另一项研究中调查了与COVID-19、健康素养和电子卫生素养相关的健康行为。结论:提高电子卫生素养水平是提高对COVID-19疾病控制和预防指南的遵守和遵守程度的公认方法之一。因此,相关组织和机构,包括卫生部、大学和医疗中心,需要在这方面设计和制定适当的培训方案。©2022,马什哈德医学科学大学。版权所有。
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