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Pandemic-related health literacy: a systematic review of literature in COVID-19, SARS and MERS pandemics.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to Enhance COVID-19 Pandemic Health Literacy in Health Professionals: Systematic Review.JMIR medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Adherence to mask-wearing and its impact on the incidence and deaths of viral respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Longitudinal Population-Level Shifts in Infectious Disease-Specific Health Literacy During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zhejiang, China: Six-Round Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
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- Initial insights into the relationship between symptomatic COVID-19 disease and specific clinical and blood parameters in patients with alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Structural Validation and Measurement Invariance of the HLS-Q12 Health Literacy Instrument in Finnish Adults: Comparing Traditional and Alignment Methods.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Health literacy: psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire in a Peruvian adult population.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Modeling health literacy intentions: a structural equation analysis of community residents' willingness to acquire infectious disease specific health literacy.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evaluating health literacy and pandemic concerns in saudi healthcare students and implications for future preparedness: a cross-sectional analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Health Literacy and Acceptance of COVID-19 Preventive Measures and Vaccination in the European Union: A Scoping Review.Health literacy research and practice · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Spanish version of the HLS-EU-Q16 questionary in Venezuelan adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Analysis of Information and Health Literacy Policies in Pandemics: A Case Study of COVID-19.Journal of caring sciences · 2024Article
- Exploring the Relation Between Health Literacy, Infodemic, and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health literacy research and practice · 2024Article
- Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine.NPJ vaccines · 2024Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among Refugees and Migrants during the First Two Years of COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Determinants of intention to conceal tuberculosis status among family members: an analysis of seven Sub-Saharan African countries.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Acceptance of a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, vaccine interchangeability, and clinical trial enrolment among parents of children 12-17 years in Lima, Perú.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Two Years after the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of nursing management · 2024Article
- Uptake and correlates of influenza vaccine among older adults residing in rural regions of south China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionHealth literacy plays an essential role in one's ability to acquire and understand critical medical information in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infodemic and in other pandemics. We aimed to summarise the assessment, levels and determinants of pandemic-related health literacy and its associated clinical outcomes.
methodsA systematic review was performed in Medline ® , Embase ® , PsycINFO ® , CINAHL ® and four major preprint servers. Observational and interventional studies that evaluated health literacy related to the novel COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) were included. Items used in health literacy instruments were grouped under the themes of knowledge, attitudes and practices. Determinants of health literacy were grouped into five domains: sociodemographic, medical, psychological/psychiatric, health systems-related and others.
resultsOf the 2,065 articles screened, 70 articles were included. Of these, 21, 17 and 32 studies evaluated health literacy related to COVID-19, SARS and MERS, respectively. The rates of low pandemic health literacy ranged from 4.3% to 57.9% among medical-related populations and from 4.0% to 82.5% among nonmedical populations. Knowledge about the symptoms and transmission of infection, worry about infection, and practices related to mask usage and hand hygiene were most frequently evaluated. Sociodemographic determinants of health literacy were most frequently studied, among which higher education level, older age and female gender were found to be associated with better health literacy. No studies evaluated the outcomes associated with health literacy.
conclusionThe level of pandemic-related health literacy is suboptimal. Healthcare administrators need to be aware of health literacy determinants when formulating policies in pandemics.
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