ArticleFrontiers in digital health2023
An investigation of mHealth and digital health literacy among new parents during COVID-19.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Low income and health literacy: a systematic scoping review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of pediatric influenza and COVID-19 hospitalization on parental attitudes toward vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Observational
- The relationship between digital literacy and clinical decision-making skills among student nurses: a cross sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Evaluating Mobile Information Apps for Parents of Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge: Systematic App Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Integrated Digital Decision-Making Systems in Maternal Nursing and Maternity Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- Use of digital platforms and social media as a source of information on children's oral health by parents: a cross-sectional survey analysis in a Spanish sample.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Understanding pregnant women's intention to use mobile health apps and its determinants: applying the UTAUT model in a mixed-methods study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing eHealth Literacy Related to Parenting Among Asian Immigrant Mothers in South Korea.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2025Observational
- Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, parents were expected to understand increasingly sophisticated information about health issues and healthcare systems and access online resources as a part of their caregiving role. Yet little is known about parents' online digital technology use and digital health literacy skill. This study aimed to investigate parents' digital technology use, their self-reported digital health literacy skill, and demographic information as potential factors influencing their use of digital technologies. Methods: An online survey utilizing convenience sampling was administered to new parents during the COVID-19 pandemic that inquired about their demographic information, digital technology use, and digital health literacy skills within Ontario, Canada. Results: A total of 151 individuals responded to the survey; these were primarily mothers (80%) who self-reported as white (72%), well-educated 86%), heterosexual (86%) females (85%) with incomes over $100,00 per year (48%). Participants reported consistent and persistent online activity related to their parenting role and mostly via mobile smartphone devices (92%). Participants had moderate to high digital health literacy skills, greater than the Canadian national average. Almost half of participants reported negative health and well-being consequences from their digital online behaviours. There were no significant relationships between technology use, digital health literacy skill, and demographic variables. Discussion: The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for and importance of effective and equitable digital health services. Important opportunities exist within clinical practice and among parenting groups to proactively address the physical and mental health implications of digital parenting practices. Equally important are opportunities to insert into clinical workflow the inquiry into parents' online information-seeking behaviours, and to include digital health literacy as part of prenatal/postnatal health education initiatives.
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