Health literacy in the general population in the context of epidemic or pandemic coronavirus outbreak situations: Rapid scoping review

Matterne, Uwe; Egger, Nina; Tempes, Jana; Tischer, Christina; Lander, Jonas; Dierks, ML; Bitzer, Eva Maria; Apfelbacher, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.012

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic requires people to take immediate actions to contain the disease and to solve complex real-life problems as the pandemic causes dramatic life changes, both of which require adequate skills of processing health information (Paakkari & Okan, 2020). Critically, people's compliance with the authority-suggested preventive behaviors depends on their adequate assessment of the risks and proper evaluations of preventive measures, which all hinge on their ability of processing pandemic-related information (Abdel-Latif, 2020; Matterne et al, 2020). In other words, misperceptions of risks and misevaluations of preventive measures due to low health literacy may produce deliberate neglect of the suggested preventive behaviors.…”

Section: Health Literacy and Preventive Health Behaviorsmentioning

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Health Beliefs, Trust in Media Sources, Health Literacy, and Preventive Behaviors among High-Risk Chinese for COVID-19

Niu

Zhou

et al. 2021

Health Communication

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) broke out in China in January 2020 and has been effectively controlled in April 2020 after China's relentless efforts. People's engagement in disease-related preventive behaviors is crucial in containing such infectious disease. Vulnerable populations often have higher chances of developing severe illness from COVID-19 and the mortality rate is also higher. Thus, at-risk populations for COVID-19 request extra attention. The current study conducted a national online survey among vulnerable populations in China in early February 2020 to examine their engagement in coronavirus-related preventive health behaviors (e.g., frequent handwashing) and the potential determinants including factors from the Health Belief Model, trust in different media sources, and health literacy. The results suggested that the vulnerable populations' engagement in coronavirus-related preventive behaviors were significantly associated with barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, trust in doctors' social media, and trust in TV for COVID-19-related information. Besides, barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, trust in doctors' social media, and trust in TV mediated the effects of health literacy on preventive behaviors. Our findings provided directions for future health promotions and interventions targeting vulnerable populations to enhance their preventive behaviors in China.

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Health Beliefs, Trust in Media Sources, Health Literacy, and Preventive Behaviors among High-Risk Chinese for COVID-19

Niu

Zhou

et al. 2021

Health Communication

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“…Human civilizations have experienced various severe health problems because of the changes in the standard quality of earth, water, sky, air, and fire, which adversely affected humans' wellbeing and health in different societies worldwide. [1][2][3][4][5] Since civilizations' birth, humans encountered various epidemics and pandemics, which caused panic, destruction, morality, and mental health issues. [6][7][8][9] The outbreak of epidemics affects regions, while the pandemics effects are global and cause adverse consequences in spreading diseases.…”

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The Role of Social Media in the Advent of COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis Management, Mental Health Challenges and Implications

Abbas¹,

Wang²,

et al. 2021

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Background: This study focuses on how educating people through social media platforms can help reduce the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 to manage the global health crisis. The pandemic has posed a global mental health crisis, and correct information is indispensable to dispel uncertainty, fear, and mental stress to unify global communities in collective combat against COVID-19 disease worldwide. Mounting studies specified that manifestly endless coronavirusrelated newsfeeds and death numbers considerably increased the risk of global mental health issues. Social media provided positive and negative data, and the COVID-19 has resulted in a worldwide infodemic. It has eroded public trust and impeded virus restraint, which outlived the coronavirus pandemic itself. Methods: The study incorporated the narrative review analysis based on the existing literature related to mental health problems using the non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) approach to minimize the COVID-19 adverse consequences on global mental health. The study performed a search of the electronic databases available at PsycINFO, PubMed, and LISTA. This research incorporates the statistical data related to the COVID-19 provided by the WHO, John Hopkins University, and Pakistani Ministry of Health. Results: Pakistan reported the second-highest COVID-19 cases within South Asia, the fifthhighest number of cases in Asia after Iran, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the 14th highest recorded cases, as of October 14, 2020. Pakistan effectively managed the COVID-19 pandemic in the second wave. It stands at the eighth-highest number of confirmed cases in Asia, the 3rd-highest in South Asia, and the 28th-highest number of established patients globally, as of February20, 2021. Conclusion:The COVID-19 has resulted in over 108.16 million confirmed cases, deaths over 2.374 million, and a recovery of 80.16 million people worldwide, as of February 12, 2021. This study focused on exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's adverse effects on global public health and the indispensable role of social media to provide the correct information in the COVID-19 health crisis. The findings' generalizability offers helpful insight for crisis management and contributes to the scientific literature. The results might provide a stepping-stone for conduct future empirical studies by including other factors to conclude exciting developments.

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“…Our finding is similar to other studies conducted on Vietnamese students regarding the knowledge of other infectious diseases such as dengue fever, and human papillomavirus infection [ 32 33 ]. In light of this, given the quality of education is a key determinant of the disease knowledge as well as a person's health and health behavior [ 11 32 ], improving the quality of the current COVID-19 education for the young adults with a more focus on not only on the preventive measures, but also the disease itself could be beneficial to the wider community in Vietnam.…”

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“…Particularly, for societies to reopen safely, communities should be fully engaged and empowered to protect themselves from the virus [ 8 ]. To achieve this, in addition to the governmental regulations and policy, there is a need to monitor and increase the levels of COVID-19 related health literacy [ 11 ]. Basically, the health literacy notion “entails the motivation, knowledge and competencies to access, understand, appraise and apply health information in order to make judgements and take decisions in everyday life concerning healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life throughout the course of life” and is a major determinant of a person's health and health behavior [ 11 ].…”

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The Levels of COVID-19 Related Health Literacy among University Students in Vietnam

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Background Vietnam is among the few countries that were successful in the fight against the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, subsequent domestic outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to occur. To sharp the community education program to guarantee the final success in the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam and comparable countries, we examined the levels of COVID-19 knowledge and associated predictors among university students in Vietnam. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on all students enrolling at Phenikaa University using a self-developed questionnaire consisted of 20 questions regarding COVID-19's risk factors, transmission routes, symptoms, and prevention. Results Among 728 participants, 40.9% were male, 63.2% studied health-related majors, and 18.1% lived alone. Correct response rates ranged from 25.3% to 98.9% across 20 questions. Only 51.9% (378/728) of participants had good knowledge levels. Studying health majors (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.547, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.398 - 0.751, P <0.001), and living with the seniors (AOR 0.612, 95% CI 0.389 - 0.963, P = 0.034) or with friends (AOR 0.405, 95% CI 0.252 – 0.650, P <0.001) were negatively associated with a poor level of COVID-19 knowledge. Conclusion The proportion of university students having good knowledge levels is suboptimal. It is essential to improve the quality of COVID-19 education with a more focus on not only the preventive measures, but also the disease itself. More studies are needed to improve the level of COVID-19 knowledge among those living alone or do not study health-related majors.

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Health literacy in the general population in the context of epidemic or pandemic coronavirus outbreak situations: Rapid scoping review

Cited by 40 publications

References 104 publications

Health Beliefs, Trust in Media Sources, Health Literacy, and Preventive Behaviors among High-Risk Chinese for COVID-19

Health Beliefs, Trust in Media Sources, Health Literacy, and Preventive Behaviors among High-Risk Chinese for COVID-19

The Role of Social Media in the Advent of COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis Management, Mental Health Challenges and Implications

The Levels of COVID-19 Related Health Literacy among University Students in Vietnam

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