Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population

Health literacy is an important component to the self-management of one’s health decisions. As information on the Internet becomes more easily accessible, individuals need to be properly equipped to seek and evaluate the health information available to them. Digital health literacy, or eHealth liter...

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Main Author:	Arina Anis Azlan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/1/36849-116325-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-139162020-01-13T00:06:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/ Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population Arina Anis Azlan, Health literacy is an important component to the self-management of one’s health decisions. As information on the Internet becomes more easily accessible, individuals need to be properly equipped to seek and evaluate the health information available to them. Digital health literacy, or eHealth literacy, refers to an array of skills required to properly seek, access, understand and apply health information on the Internet. To date, a number of different models and instruments have been developed to measure eHealth literacy, including the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS), the eHealth Literacy Framework (eHLF), the Digital Health Literacy Instrument (DHLI), the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ), the eHealth Literacy Assessment Toolkit (eHLA) and the Transactional eHealth Literacy Instrument (TeHLI). While some of these instruments rely on the individual’s self-assessment of eHealth literacy, others also test for functional information, communication and technological competencies. This paper presents these different eHealth literacy instruments and how they have been applied in current research. The similarities and differences between the instruments are examined. The discussion concludes with a summary of the measures and potential ways forward in developing an eHealth Literacy instrument for the Malaysian population. It is hoped that this paper may benefit researchers, health care providers, practitioners, ministries and governing bodies interested in understanding eHealth literacy and its measures. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/1/36849-116325-1-PB.pdf Arina Anis Azlan, (2019) Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (4). pp. 211-228. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1235
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description	Health literacy is an important component to the self-management of one’s health decisions. As information on the Internet becomes more easily accessible, individuals need to be properly equipped to seek and evaluate the health information available to them. Digital health literacy, or eHealth literacy, refers to an array of skills required to properly seek, access, understand and apply health information on the Internet. To date, a number of different models and instruments have been developed to measure eHealth literacy, including the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS), the eHealth Literacy Framework (eHLF), the Digital Health Literacy Instrument (DHLI), the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ), the eHealth Literacy Assessment Toolkit (eHLA) and the Transactional eHealth Literacy Instrument (TeHLI). While some of these instruments rely on the individual’s self-assessment of eHealth literacy, others also test for functional information, communication and technological competencies. This paper presents these different eHealth literacy instruments and how they have been applied in current research. The similarities and differences between the instruments are examined. The discussion concludes with a summary of the measures and potential ways forward in developing an eHealth Literacy instrument for the Malaysian population. It is hoped that this paper may benefit researchers, health care providers, practitioners, ministries and governing bodies interested in understanding eHealth literacy and its measures.
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title	Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population
title_short	Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population
title_full	Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population
title_fullStr	Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population
title_full_unstemmed	Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population
title_sort	measures of ehealth literacy: options for the malaysian population
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13916/1/36849-116325-1-PB.pdf
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Measures of eHealth literacy: options for the Malaysian population

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