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Interventions to Enhance COVID-19 Pandemic Health Literacy in Health Professionals: Systematic Review
Claudia Hasenpusch1, Paula Kuper1, Eva-Maria Skiba1
1Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Straße 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany, 49 3916724302.
JMIR Medical Education
|July 10, 2026
Summary
COVID-19 health literacy (HL) interventions may improve health professionals' infection control skills, but evidence is uncertain due to low study quality. More high-quality trials are needed to fully understand the impact of these interventions.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Professions Education
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly burdened health professionals (HPs), increasing infection risks and highlighting the need for reliable information.
- Health literacy (HL) is crucial for HPs to manage COVID-19 information, influencing their preventive behaviors and patient care.
- Limited information exists on fostering COVID-19-related HL specifically among HPs.
Conclusions:
- COVID-19-related HL interventions may offer short-term benefits for infection control competencies among HPs.
- The overall evidence remains uncertain due to the low quality and high risk of bias in the included studies.
- There is a need for high-quality RCTs grounded in HL theory to precisely evaluate interventions targeting the full spectrum of COVID-19 HL.
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