Older adults, e-health literacy, and collaborative learning: An experimental study

Abstract

Group composition (based on gender, prior familiarity with peers, or prior computer experience) showed no significant impact on CL outcomes. These findings contribute to the CL and health literacy literatures and infer that CL can be a useful method for improving older adults' e-health literacy when using the specific strategies developed for this study, which suggests that social interdependence theory can be generalized beyond the younger population and formal educational settings.

The Impact of the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology on Health: A Cross-Country Study

“…Several studies have further proposed that the progress in ICT presents opportunities to develop health literacy (Ratzan 2011;Xie 2011). For example, with an increasing amount of highquality health information available online from government agencies and nonprofit and for-profit organizations, the Internet is already an important source of health information (Bylund et al 2007).…”

“…Theoretically, ICT can facilitate the dissemination and communication of information and thus enhance the health knowledge of the general public. Members of the public with access to ICT tools can improve health literacy and develop healthier life styles (World Bank 2003;McNamara 2007;ECOSOC 2010;Ratzan 2011;Xie 2011). Furthermore, one major characteristic of the health field that often leads to problematic treatments and inefficient health outcomes is the asymmetry in information between physicians and patients (Lewis 2006).…”

Self-reported eHealth literacy among undergraduate nursing students in South Korea: A pilot study

“…Several studies show the influence of eHealth literacy on health outcomes. Xie (2011aXie ( , 2011b stated that people who have low eHealth literacy are facing a double jeopardy in managing their health. Mitsutake et al (2012) also noted that people with high eHealth literacy are more likely to have important health knowledge and seek out screening tests to prevent cancer than those who have low eHealth literacy.…”

Media Health Literacy, eHealth Literacy, and the Role of the Social Environment in Context

“…An intervention consisting of four two-hour sessions aimed at helping older adults perform online health information searches yielded significant improvements of eHealth Literacy from pre-to post-intervention. Participants also reported changes in health-related attitudes and behaviours following the intervention [51][52][53]. It should, however, be noted that a systematic review on eHealth Literacy intervention studies for older adults [54] concluded that many studies apply weak study designs and that some interventions lack a thorough theoretical base.…”