Addressing health literacy in the digital domain: insights from a literature review

被引:26
作者
Palumbo, Rocco [1 ]
Nicola, Capolupo [2 ]
Adinolfi, Paola [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Salerno, Dipartimento Studi & Ric Aziendali, Fisciano, Italy
关键词
Digital health literacy; Patient empowerment; Patient engagement; Co-creation; Co-production; CARE; TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1108/K-07-2021-0547
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Purpose Promoting health literacy, i.e. the ability to access, collect, understand and use health-related information, is high on the health policy agenda across the world. The digitization of health-care calls for a reframing of health literacy in the cyber-physical environment. The article systematizes current scientific knowledge about digital health literacy and investigates the role of health-care organizations in delivering health literate health-care services in a digital environment. Design/methodology/approach A literature review was accomplished. A targeted query to collect relevant scientific contributions was run on PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. A narrative approach was undertaken to summarize the study findings and to envision avenues for further development in the field of digital health literacy. Findings Digital health literacy has peculiar attributes as compared with health literacy. Patients may suffer from a lack of human touch when they access health services in the digital environment. This may impair their ability to collect health information and to appropriately use it to co-create value and to co-produce health promotion and risk prevention services. Health-care organizations should strive for increasing the patients' ability to navigate the digital health-care environment and boosting the latter's value co-creation capability. Practical implications Tailored solutions should be designed to promote digital health literacy at the individual and organizational level. On the one hand, attention should be paid to the patients' special digital information needs and to avoid flaws in their ability to contribute to health services' co-production. On the other hand, health-care organizations should be involved in the design of user-friendly e-health solutions, which aim at engaging patients in value co-creation. Originality/value This contribution is a first attempt to systematize extant scientific knowledge in the field of digital health literacy specifically focused on the strategies and initiatives that health-care organizations may take to address the limited digital health literacy pandemic.
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页码:82 / 97
页数:16
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