Health Lit Res Pract. 2022 Apr;6(2):e151-e158. doi: 10.3928/24748307-20220516-01. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
There exists a paucity of literature about teenager health literacy in general and teenagers are likely to turn to the internet for health information. Therefore, they need good e-health literacy to properly understand and apply the information obtained. Yet, many have limited e-health literacy, lacking the knowledge and skills to filter and distinguish reliable from unreliable health information and searches return large amounts of information, making it difficult to recognize whether information is reputable and raising concerns regarding teenagers' safety. Brief Description of Activity: We developed a toolkit in collaboration with community-based organizations serving teenagers and teenagers themselves usable with brief training to present a 1-hour, interactive workshop. We transformed current adult information for locating and appraising online health information into a teenager friendly format using relevant health topics to engage participants.
We met teenagers in teenager-friendly settings where they already gather to engage them and leverage the relationship fostered within those settings to bridge positive and negative social determinant influences on health literacy and e-health literacy as well as cross potential cultural, economic, political, and demographic barriers. Using the "train the trainer" method to build sustainability, we trained teenagers and group leaders to use the toolkit to run workshops with teenagers and placed the components in an easily available online format.
After completing the workshop, teenager participants expressed a high level of confidence in using Medline Plus, locating health information online, identifying Truth versus Trash and making health decisions. Most teenagers reported they would recommend the WebLitLegit workshop to their friends and it improved their ability to find credible online health information.
The workshop's practical application provided participants with real-life examples for evaluating online information using the "LEGIT" acronym. The integration of this community-based program fostered relationships between the teenager participants, community organizations, and university students and faculty. All of the organizations involved benefited through exposure to health literacy concepts and knowledge of evaluation criteria, which may help expand e-health literacy in the community because the students, teenagers, and community partners are able to sustainably share the toolkit within their social network. [] Plain Language Summary: Teenagers use the internet to find health information but have difficulty deciding if the information is correct and safe. WebLitLegit workshops help teenagers find correct and safe information to make health decisions. Teenagers completing the workshop thought their ability to find correct information and make good health decisions improved. This best practice adds to the literature by addressing needed teenager e-health literacy.
目前关于青少年健康素养的文献很少，青少年可能会上网获取健康信息。因此，他们需要良好的电子健康素养才能正确理解和应用所获得的信息。然而，许多人电子健康素养有限，缺乏过滤和区分可靠与不可靠健康信息的知识和技能，而且搜索结果会返回大量信息，这使得难以识别信息是否可靠，并引起青少年安全方面的担忧。活动简要描述：我们与服务青少年的社区组织合作开发了一个工具包，青少年和组织本身只需接受简短培训即可使用该工具包开展 1 小时的互动式研讨会。我们将当前的成人在线健康信息查找和评估信息转换为青少年友好的格式，使用相关的健康主题来吸引参与者。
我们在青少年常去的地方与青少年会面，这些地方是他们聚集的地方，以便吸引他们，并利用这些地方培养的关系，克服对健康素养和电子健康素养产生积极和消极社会决定因素的影响，以及跨越潜在的文化、经济、政治和人口障碍。我们使用“培训培训师”方法建立可持续性，培训青少年和团体领袖使用工具包与青少年一起开展研讨会，并将组件放置在易于访问的在线格式中。
参加研讨会的青少年在完成研讨会后表示，他们对使用 Medline Plus、在线查找健康信息、识别真相与谣言以及做出健康决策的能力非常有信心。大多数青少年表示，他们会向朋友推荐 WebLitLegit 研讨会，并认为这提高了他们查找可信在线健康信息的能力。
研讨会的实际应用为参与者提供了使用“LEGIT”首字母缩写词评估在线信息的实际示例。该社区计划的实施促进了青少年参与者、社区组织和大学生和教师之间的关系。所有参与的组织都通过接触健康素养概念和评估标准知识而受益，这可能有助于扩大社区的电子健康素养，因为学生、青少年和社区伙伴能够在他们的社交网络中可持续地共享工具包。
