ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Supporting Women Undergoing IVF Treatment With Timely Patient Information Through an App: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- eHealth Literacy and Quality of Life in Patients: A Narrative Review of Mediating Effecting.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Review
- Complementary Interventions Using Technology for Individuals With Infertility Using Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Scoping Review.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- E-health literacy and influencing factors of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer patients: a latent profile analysis.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- In vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer Patients with Alexithymia and Its Influencing Factors: A Potential Profile Analysis.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Doing public health differently: How can public health departments engage with local communities through social media interventions?Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Health Literacy, General Health, and Lifestyle among Infertile Men and Women in the Southeastern Iran.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2023Article
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health Literacy Research Around the World: More Important Than Ever in a Time of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Reproductive Health Literacy and Fertility Awareness Among Polish Female Students.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Infertility is a major public health issue and increasingly, the internet is used as a source of information and advice. The aim of this study is to understand the eHealth literacy of individuals and couples in relation to infertility. A non-probability sample of 27 participants was recruited from existing support groups, online advertising and snowballing representing the diverse population groups for whom involuntary childlessness is an issue. Information online was used both for decision making and developing interactive health literacy for health consultations. Participants may be both consumers and purveyors of information to others in distributed health literacy. Cognitive skills are required to appraise an inconsistent evidence base and potentially biased information from private providers of treatments. Accounts of geographical variations in treatment options, the cost of private treatment and for some, a sense that information and services were directed towards female and heterosexual couples, led some participants to political action online creating an important sense of empowerment. The study offers a new conceptual framework for eHealth literacy in the context of infertility, that combines use of the web and virtual communities in which functional, interactive, critical and distributed health literacy play a part in an online environment.
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