Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts
Robin van Kessel, Brian Li Han Wong, Timo Clemens, Helmut Brand
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.
Topics & Concepts
Health literacyLiteracyAffect (linguistics)Digital healthInequalityDigital divideKey (lock)Limit (mathematics)Health informationSociologyComputer sciencePsychologyPolitical scienceMathematicsHealth carePedagogyCommunicationWorld Wide WebInformation and Communications TechnologyComputer securityLawMathematical analysisHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityMisinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media in Health Education