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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Digital Health
  • Health Literacy Studies

Background:

  • Digital health literacy is crucial for navigating health information in the digital era.
  • Understanding its core components and influences is essential for effective health interventions.
  • Technological advancements continuously shape the evolution of digital health literacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the concept of digital health literacy by defining its dimensions, origins, and effects.
  • To augment the understanding of the contemporary use and conceptual structure of digital health literacy.
  • To provide a foundation for future research, policy development, and targeted interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Employed Rodgers's evolutionary concept analysis.
  • Conducted a systematic literature search across six databases and Google Scholar (2006-2023).
  • Included 32 papers from 2,819 identified articles focusing on digital, eHealth, and mHealth literacy.

Main Results:

  • Identified four critical attributes of digital health literacy: goal-driven regulation, information processing, communication, and utilization.
  • Antecedents include functional literacy, prior health knowledge/experience, and technology access.
  • Consequences encompass positive health outcomes, increased perceived control, and enhanced quality of life, influenced by multilevel contextual factors.

Conclusions:

  • Enhancing the understanding and standardizing terminology of digital health literacy is key.
  • Exploring antecedents, consequences, and influencing factors can reduce health disparities.
  • This foundational work offers pathways for developing targeted interventions and measurement tools for digital health literacy.