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Covid-19-related health literacy: a cross-sectional study in Israel: Michal Laron

BACKGROUND: The “infodemic” related to Covid-19 emphasized the importance of the public’s ability to access, understand, appraise and use information to make decisions about health. This study aimed to: 1. Assess the components of Covid-19 related health literacy (Co-HL) 2. Examine the associations...

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Autores principales: Abdel-Rahman, N, Laron, M, Baron-Epel, O, Artom, T, Levin-Zamir, D
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9594200/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.094
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author Abdel-Rahman, N
Laron, M
Baron-Epel, O
Artom, T
Levin-Zamir, D
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description BACKGROUND: The “infodemic” related to Covid-19 emphasized the importance of the public’s ability to access, understand, appraise and use information to make decisions about health. This study aimed to: 1. Assess the components of Covid-19 related health literacy (Co-HL) 2. Examine the associations of socio-demographic variables and health status with Co-HL METHODS: This study was conducted as part of the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS19). A cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of adults in Israel was conducted in December 2020 using phone interviews and an online survey (n = 1,315). Five items measuring Co-HL were added. Multivariable regression models were used to assess the associations between socio-demographic variables and health status with Co-HL. RESULTS: Of participants, 63% reported concern about Covid-19. The mean general HL was lower among those who reported concern about Covid-19 compared to those who worried less (p = 0.002). The most difficult component of Co-HL was “judging the reliability of information regarding Covid-19” (36% expressed difficulty). Older participants, those with low self-reported social status, and low self-assessed health, were significantly (p < 0.05) more likely to express difficulty in judging the reliability of Covid-19 information. Interestingly, education level was not significantly associated with Co-HL. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that, to best promote the use of information on Covid-19 prevention, older people, those with low social status and those with poor general health should be prioritized for improving critical health literacy. KEY MESSAGES: • Co-HL is unequally distributed in the population, warranting tailored health promotion efforts. • It is vital to improve the ability of the population to identify reliable information about covid-19.
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spelling pubmed-95942002022-11-04 Covid-19-related health literacy: a cross-sectional study in Israel: Michal Laron Abdel-Rahman, N Laron, M Baron-Epel, O Artom, T Levin-Zamir, D Eur J Public Health Poster Displays BACKGROUND: The “infodemic” related to Covid-19 emphasized the importance of the public’s ability to access, understand, appraise and use information to make decisions about health. This study aimed to: 1. Assess the components of Covid-19 related health literacy (Co-HL) 2. Examine the associations of socio-demographic variables and health status with Co-HL METHODS: This study was conducted as part of the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS19). A cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of adults in Israel was conducted in December 2020 using phone interviews and an online survey (n = 1,315). Five items measuring Co-HL were added. Multivariable regression models were used to assess the associations between socio-demographic variables and health status with Co-HL. RESULTS: Of participants, 63% reported concern about Covid-19. The mean general HL was lower among those who reported concern about Covid-19 compared to those who worried less (p = 0.002). The most difficult component of Co-HL was “judging the reliability of information regarding Covid-19” (36% expressed difficulty). Older participants, those with low self-reported social status, and low self-assessed health, were significantly (p < 0.05) more likely to express difficulty in judging the reliability of Covid-19 information. Interestingly, education level was not significantly associated with Co-HL. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that, to best promote the use of information on Covid-19 prevention, older people, those with low social status and those with poor general health should be prioritized for improving critical health literacy. KEY MESSAGES: • Co-HL is unequally distributed in the population, warranting tailored health promotion efforts. • It is vital to improve the ability of the population to identify reliable information about covid-19. Oxford University Press 2022-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9594200/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.094 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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