Is Low Health Literacy Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization and Recidivism? [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVES: The objective was to determine whether patients with low health literacy have higher emergency department (ED) utilization and higher ED recidivism than patients with adequate health literacy.
Goodman, Melody +4 more
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Collaboration between Librarians and Learning Technologists to enhance the learning of health sciences students. [PDF]
, 2009 Collaboration between Librarians and Learning Technologists at Bournemouth University (BU) has been stimulated and cemented by Pathfinder funding from the Higher Education Academy.
Cheshir, Kathryn, Dale, Penny
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The Effect of Age on Electronic Health Literacy: Mixed-Method Study. [PDF]
JMIR Hum Factors, 2019 The world's internet penetration rate is increasing yearly; approximately 25% of the world's population are internet users. In Asia, Taiwan has the fifth highest internet usage, and has an internet penetration rate higher than the world average. Electronic health (eHealth) literacy is the ability to read, understand, and utilize Web health information.
Hsu WC.
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Measuring Electronic Health Literacy: Development, Validation, and Test of Measurement Invariance of a Revised German Version of the eHealth Literacy Scale. [PDF]
J Med Internet Res, 2022 Background The World Wide Web has become an essential source of health information. Nevertheless, the amount and quality of information provided may lead to information overload. Therefore, people need certain skills to search for, identify, and evaluate information from the internet.
Marsall M +4 more
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Information to fight the flab: findings from the Net.Weight study [PDF]
, 2009 The purpose of the paper is to examine information use and information literacy in the context of weight management. It reports on a two-year study funded by the Department of Health known informally as the Net.Weight Study.
Carlin, Leslie +5 more
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MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATION UTILIZATION AND E-HEALTH LITERACY AMONG MEDICAL AND HEALTH STUDENTS
JIIS: Jurnal Ilmiah Ibnu Sina, 2021 Fast changing technology application in industry 4.0 technology era implicated on teaching and health services face to face paradigm to virtual services. Excellence health services influenced by good health literacy.
Julaeha Julaeha, Devi Solikhati
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Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017 Background: Appropriate use of the available electronic resources is important for decision making in health. The use of electronic resources in health care is universal.
Paras K Pokharel +2 more
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Survey of E-Health Literacy among Employees of State-Owned Banks in Tehran During 2020 [PDF]
Savād-i Salāmat, 2020 Background & Objective: Developing new Information and Communication technologies has had a significant effect on all of science and knowledge area, including health science.
Aref Riahi, Afshin Mousavi Chelak
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Análise das propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa de um instrumento de avaliação de e-Literacia em Saúde [PDF]
, 2014 Contexto: As fontes de informação eletrónica assumem um papel primordial nos contextos de informação em saúde, tornando-se fontes privilegiadas para toda a população, sobretudo adolescentes. Objetivos: Validar a eHealth Literacy Scale para a população
Ferreira, Teresa +2 more
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2020 BACKGROUND: The concept of electronic health literacy has become a main focus of health-care professionals along with the increasing use of the Internet.
Zahra Raisi Filabadi +4 more
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