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COVID-19: Digital Health Literacy Is A Key To Saving Time, Costs And Lives The outbreak of coronavirus has reinforced the importance of health literacy to public health. More than a third of populations are at risk of having problematic health literacy, according to European research. People with low health literacy are more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19. When you don’t understand the details, the misinformation quickly spreads, and you can make bad decisions that impact your health and the safety of those around you. Kristine Sørensen Global Health Literacy Academy, Denmark; President of the International Health Literacy Association.
In light of the current outbreak, new innovations are developed or adapted to increase people’s digital health literacy enabling them to seek, find, understand, and use health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge
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gained to addressing or solving a health problem. Video-consultations: Primary care has seen a surge in the implementation of video-consultations to avoid contagion. The online consultations have helped to enhance the digital infrastructure and transform the service delivery of the health system in a short time. Apps: A plethora of apps are developed to support peoples’ needs. The
coronavirus-app, for example, provides an up-to-date overview of the cases worldwide. Group video platforms are on the rise, such as Zoom for work and the HouseParty-app, which engages people socially why staying at home during the pandemic. Digital humans: Sophie, is an example of a digital human, tasked with educating people on coronavirus. She is a chatbot designed as a free public health
