Nível de e-literacia em saúde em alunos do ensino secundário privado / Level of e-literacy in health in private secondary school students

ABSTRACT

Introduction: e-literacy in health is related to the use of Internet or other electronic means related to the dissemination or visualization of information about health and / or health services. Objectives: To describe the level of e-literacy in health, in a group of students of a private high school, in the North of Portugal; to relate the level of e-literacy in health with sociodemographic data; to relate the level of e-literacy in health with the contextual variables of the students. Method: Descriptive, correlational and transversal quantitative study. 102 students from the science and technology course of a private high school in the north of Portugal participated. A questionnaire was applied consisting of 3 groups group I sociodemographic variables; group II consisted of contextual variables and group III constituted by the "eHEALS - eHealth Literacy Scale" scale. Results: Students presented positive levels of e-Literacy in health. They know how to use the Internet to find health information and recognize its usefulness and importance, but did not have confidence in the information obtained when making deci-sions on health. Conclusion: Students present positive levels of e-literacy in health but need guidance to the sources of consultation in order to rely on the information accessed for health project management

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