Section: Module 3: Lesson 2: Digital Health Literacy | Public Health Communications | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:- Describe the common concepts and models of digital health literacy.
- Differentiate the concepts of health literacy and digital health literacy.
- Analyze the impact of social, organizational, and individual factors in the use of information technology by end-users.
- Illustrate how the ICT user experience can be enhanced to cater for different levels of digital health literacy to help address public health challenges and barriers for a stronger public health care delivery.
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Required Learning Resources and Activities
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Read the content under the heading "The Situation" and the graphic "Digital Health Ecosystems." (4 minutes)
European Healthnet-European Commission - 2019
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Read the content in the sections:
- Introduction
- Results
- Discussion (up to, and inclusive of, Table 3) (28 minutes)Knowledge Management and E-Learning - 2015
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Read the Introduction. (11 minutes)
Journal of Medical Internet Research - 2018
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Read the sections "Health Literacy and eHealth Literacy –Definition and Measurement." (4 minutes)
European Psychologist - 2019
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Read the section "Taxonomy of Barriers to Electronic Medical Records." (33 minutes)
BMC Health Services Research - 2010
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Read the content under the heading "III. Literature Review" on pages 40-42. (9 minutes)
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications - 2011
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Read pages 77-85 "Implementation Considerations." (16 minutes)
WHO - 2019
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This activity will illustrate how ICT user experience and digital health literacy can be enhanced to help address a public health challenge by creating a tool.
Step 1 Review
Review all the provided resources for Module 3 Lesson 2, then study the list of priority public health challenges and concerns according to CDC’s prevention status reports. A piece of more detailed information is provided by CDC’s website: https://www.cdc.gov/psr/overview.html.

Step 2. Illustrate
Choose one (1) public health challenge/concern from the list. Then, create a tool that illustrates how ICT- user experience can be enhanced to cater to people with different levels of digital health literacy and address the selected public health challenge. Remember that the language used must be suitable for laypeople as the tool will serve as a digital health “prototype” for the selected public health concern. Your tool should have a maximum of 10 slides for a presentation, 500 words in a blog format, or 3-5 minutes in length for a video format. The following inclusions should be evident in your work:
- Strategies, techniques, methods for enhancing ICT to cater to different levels of digital health literacy in the selected public health challenge
- A simple prototype that demonstrates how an ICT or Digital health technology can address the public health challenge.
Step 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement
Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work.
Step 4: Submit
To submit your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste either the picture of your work or the shareable link of your work (if it is a google document) in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resource: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).
OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)
If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”
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To access the quiz, click on the name of the quiz provided above. On the following screen, click the "Preview quiz now" button to respond to the questions.
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Additional Resources for Optional Learning
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Read the entire article. (55 minutes)
JMIR Publications - 2018