Digital Health Literacy and Its Role in Awareness of and Access to Sexual Health Products and Services Among Displaced Youth in Uganda's Informal Urban Settlements: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health interventions can enhance sexual health equity among marginalized and underserved populations, including displaced youth. However, there is limited understanding of displaced youth's digital health literacy (DHL) and its association with knowledge of and access to sexual health products and services.

Objective

This study aims to identify patterns of DHL among displaced youth and assess how these patterns are associated with awareness of and access to sexual health products and services, while considering gender differences.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional tablet-assisted survey in Kampala, Uganda. We used peer-driven sampling to recruit displaced youth aged 16-24 years living in 5 informal urban settlements. We identified DHL patterns

SUBMITTER: Okumu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12805323 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature