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Título: | Infodemic preparedness and COVID-19: searching about public health and social measures is associated with digital health literacy in university students |
Autor(es): | Rosário, Rafaela Fronteira, Inês Martins, Maria R. O. Augusto, Cláudia Silva, Maria José Messer, Melanie Martins, Silvana Duarte, Ana Ramos, Neida Rathmann, Katharina Okan, Orkan Dadaczynski, Kevin |
Palavras-chave: | digital health literacy public health and social measures infodemic COVID-19 |
Data: | 28-Set-2022 |
Editora: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
Revista: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Citação: | Rosário, R.; Fronteira, I.; Martins, M.R.O.; Augusto, C.; Silva, M.J.; Messer, M.; Martins, S.; Duarte, A.; Ramos, N.; Rathmann, K.; Okan, O.; Dadaczynski, K. Infodemic Preparedness and COVID-19: Searching about Public Health and Social Measures Is Associated with Digital Health Literacy in University Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12320. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912320 |
Resumo(s): | We 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 online information concerning PHSM were gathered. Cox proportional hazards models were performed. Results: Students who searched for personal protective measures achieved in shorter time sufficient “evaluating reliability” (HR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1; 1.7) and “determining relevance” (HR = 1.5; 95% CI = 1.2; 1.8). Searching for surveillance and response measures was associated with sufficient “determining relevance” (HR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1; 1.9). Finally, those students who searched for environmental, economic and psychosocial measures achieved in shorter time “determining relevance” (HR = 1.2; 95% CI = 1.0; 1.4). Conclusions: Searching for PHSM was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of achieving sufficient DHL subscales in a shorter time. Further studies are needed, including developing strategies to increase the availability of high-quality information concerning public health and social measures and to improve (digital) health literacy. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
Descrição: | The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/ijerph191912320/s1, Figure S1: Internet search queries (frequencies in %). |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/80689 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph191912320 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
e-ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12320 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | ESE-CIE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais / Papers in International Journals |
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