Health literacy and COVID‐19

Spring, Hannah

doi:10.1111/hir.12322

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“…Previous research also reported that HL in general helps identification of fake news 26 : this is especially true in crisis contexts like that generated by Covid-19. 18 …”

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Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy

Montagni

Ouazzani-Touhami

Mebarki³

et al. 2021

Journal of Public Health

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Background During the Covid-19 pandemic fake news has been circulating impacting on the general population’s opinion about a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2. Health literacy measures the capacity of navigating health information. Methods We used data from a prospective national online cohort of 1647 participants. Descriptive statistics, Chi2 and ANOVA independence tests and two multivariable multinomial regression models were performed. Interactions between each variable were tested. Results Detection of fake news and health literacy scores were associated with intention to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 (p < 0.01). The risk of being “anti-vaccination” or “hesitant”, rather than “pro-vaccination”, was higher among individuals reporting bad detection of fake news, respectively OR = 1.93 (95%CI = [1.30;2.87]) and OR = 1.80 (95%CI = [1.29;2.52]). The risk of being in “hesitant”, rather than “pro-vaccination” was higher among individuals having a bad health literacy score (OR = 1.44; 95%CI = [1.04;2.00]). No interaction was found between detection of fake news and health literacy. Conclusions To promote acceptance of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, it is recommended to increase individuals’ ability to detect fake news and health literacy through education and communication programs.

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“…Previous research also reported that HL in general helps identification of fake news 26 : this is especially true in crisis contexts like that generated by Covid-19. 18 …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 15 Therefore, HL appears to be in close correlation with detection of fake news. Recent studies have explored separately the spread of fake news, 16 , 17 health literacy 18 , 19 and vaccine hesitancy 20 , 21 in the Covid-19 era, without the exploration of the interrelation of these three factors.…”

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Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy

Montagni

Ouazzani-Touhami

Mebarki³

et al. 2021

Journal of Public Health

215

149

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“…From the beginning of this pandemic, free and up-to-date learning materials have been available to almost anyone interested in learning more about COVID-19 ( World Health Organization, 2020c ). However, although social media and the Internet have been flooded with information about COVID-19, a significant proportion of it is inaccurate and sometimes misleading, indicating a deficiency in health literacy among the general population ( Spring, 2020 ). Hence, increasing the health literacy level of the general population will help to decrease the transmission of the virus ( Paakkari & Okan, 2020 ).…”

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An Online Investigation of Knowledge and Preventive Practices in Regard to COVID-19 in Iran

Heydari¹,

Joulaei²,

Zarei³

et al. 2021

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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Background: Until now, there was no available study on the knowledge and practice of the people of Iran with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and preventive practices of Iranians toward the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 925 people who completed an online questionnaire in March 2020. The study used 21 and 14 questions, respectively, to assess the knowledge and preventive practices of the population in regard to COVID-19. Cronbach's alpha was 0.75 for the knowledge scale and 0.71 for the practice scale. To determine the importance of each independent variable in explaining the participant's practice, a multiple regression model was applied. Key Results: The results indicated a moderate level of knowledge and preventive practices in regard to COVID-19 in most of the respondents (56.8% and 56.5%, respectively). According to the multiple regression analysis, knowledge showed the highest effect on the practice of the participants (β = 0.479). The determination coefficient for the model ( R 2 = 0.509) also showed approximately 51% of the variance in practice was explained by gender, occupational status, knowledge, cost of hand sanitizer, and the belief in the effectiveness of using such necessities. Conclusions: Acceptable rates of knowledge and practice were observed in most Iranians. However, approximately 10% of the participants were unaware of the effective measures for preventing the infection, which can cause active transmission of the virus. In addition to considering the importance of high community awareness in prevention and isolation measures, the government should provide disinfectants and other materials at a low price to reduce the transmission, as this may lead to effective practice to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. [ HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2021;5(1):e15–e23.] Plain Language Summary: This study sought to evaluate the knowledge and preventive practices of Iranians toward the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Findings of this research demonstrate acceptable rates of knowledge and practice in most Iranians; however, about 10% of them were unaware of the true prevention practices, which can cause active transmission of the virus.

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“…Due to the exponential increase of its transmission and its devastating effects, many government heads advocated physical distancing and banned all social gatherings. The stay-at-home policy of virtually all the nations has helped in no small measure in combating the spread of the disease (Spring 2020). This is believed to break the chain and flatten the spread curve in no distant time until a certified vaccine is ready for use.…”

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“…It is a truism that the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated crisis pose great challenges globally, whose impacts are intensely local; these indeed require global solidarity and coordination to curb the situation, according to economic experts (Spring 2020). This posits that human suffering is inevitable due to the pandemic, and many jobs and businesses will undoubtedly close.…”

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Ethical standards for distribution of Covid-19 relief aid

Kabuk

2020

IJHI

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The surge of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) brought both physical and mental anguish to humanity. It has claimed lives within a short period more than any phenomenon the world had ever witnessed throughout history. The pandemic has exerted direct consequences on the social and economic lives of the globe. These make the whole world live in continuous trepidation. As the entire human race is hopeful of eradicating the menace, humanitarian measures are put in place to promote people's welfare and happiness by providing material and logistic assistance to those in need. Indeed, there has been a tremendous response to the global call to ameliorate the pandemic's general human suffering. Nonetheless, the distribution patterns of the relief aid in countries like Nigeria has raised a lot of concerns, where a more significant chunk of the target group has not benefited from the relief aid considering the considerable amount claimed to have been shared by the government. As a result of this, the paper considers certain egalitarian principles that will serve as regularizing parameters in the distribution of COVID-19 relief aid.

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Health literacy and COVID‐19

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Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy

Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy

An Online Investigation of Knowledge and Preventive Practices in Regard to COVID-19 in Iran

Ethical standards for distribution of Covid-19 relief aid

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