Adolescents' self-efficacy and digital health literacy: a cross-sectional mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The internet and social media are increasingly popular sources of health information for adolescents. Using online health information requires digital health literacy, consisting of literacy, analytical skills and personal capabilities such as self-efficacy. Appraising trustworthiness and relevance of online health information requires critical health literacy to discriminate between sources, critically analyse meaning and relevance, and use information for personal health. Adolescents with poor digital health literacy risk using misinformation, with potential negative health outcomes. We aimed to understand adolescents' contemporary digital health literacy and compared self-efficacy with capability.

Methods

Adolescents (12-17 years) completed an eHEALS self-repor

SUBMITTER: Taba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207829 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature