Tümer Adile, Sümen Adem
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Nursing, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
Kumluca Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Health Promot Int. 2022 Apr 29;37(2). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daab174.
Digital health literacy is defined as the ability to search, find, and understand health information available on electronic resources and to use the information obtained from these resources to address a health problem. This study aimed to identify the digital health literacy levels of high school students and the factors that contribute to its development. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 1250 high school students from 10 high schools. The data were collected using the descriptive characteristics form and e-Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) for adolescents. The mean age of the students was 15.92 ± 0.95 years and 50.8% of them were girls. The mean score on the eHEALS was 27.52 ± 6.76, which was in the high digital health literacy range (eHEALS ≥ 26). The results indicated the mean digital health literacy scores were high in students who lived in a nuclear family, who understood the importance of good health, who had easy access to the Internet and who had highly educated parents with high income levels. Encouraging the development of digital health literacy through school curricula could offer opportunities for all young people to develop digital health literacy, regardless of socio-economic status or family situation.
数字健康素养被定义为搜索、查找和理解电子资源上可用的健康信息，并利用从这些资源中获取的信息来解决健康问题的能力。本研究旨在确定高中生的数字健康素养水平以及促进其发展的因素。这项横断面研究是对来自10所高中的1250名高中生进行的。数据收集使用了青少年描述性特征表和电子健康素养量表（eHEALS）。学生的平均年龄为15.92±0.95岁，其中50.8%为女生。eHEALS的平均得分为27.52±6.76，处于高数字健康素养范围（eHEALS≥26）。结果表明，生活在核心家庭、理解健康重要性、容易接入互联网且父母受过高等教育且收入水平高的学生，其数字健康素养平均得分较高。通过学校课程鼓励数字健康素养的发展，可以为所有年轻人提供发展数字健康素养的机会，无论其社会经济地位或家庭状况如何。
