P K Pokharel1, S S Budhathoki1, H P Pokharel2. 1. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. 2. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Appropriate use of the available electronic resources is important for decision making in health. The use of electronic resources in health care is universal. The study measures the eHealth literacy skills among the medical and dental interns of the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Nepal. METHODS: Self administered electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) was used to collect data from 125 medical and dental interns at BPKIHS. The interns represent immediate past medical student and soon to be professional doctor. RESULTS: A quarter of interns are not sure about the usefulness of internet resources for health. The interns have limited knowledge about right resources in the internet. They are not equipped to tell useful resources from the not-useful ones in the internet. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to pay attention to the eHealth Literacy needs of the interns. Further research may be needed to generate evidence on what interventions may be specific to meet the ehealth literacy needs of the medical and dental interns.
BACKGROUND: Appropriate use of the available electronic resources is important for decision making in health. The use of electronic resources in health care is universal. The study measures the eHealth literacy skills among the medical and dental interns of the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Nepal. METHODS: Self administered electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) was used to collect data from 125 medical and dental interns at BPKIHS. The interns represent immediate past medical student and soon to be professional doctor. RESULTS: A quarter of interns are not sure about the usefulness of internet resources for health. The interns have limited knowledge about right resources in the internet. They are not equipped to tell useful resources from the not-useful ones in the internet. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to pay attention to the eHealth Literacy needs of the interns. Further research may be needed to generate evidence on what interventions may be specific to meet the ehealth literacy needs of the medical and dental interns.
Keywords:
e-Health Literacy; electronic resources in health; health information technology; health literacy in Nepal; health literacy of intern.
Authors: Shyam Sundar Budhathoki; Paras K Pokharel; Nilambar Jha; Emma Moselen; Robyn Dixon; Meika Bhattachan; Richard H Osborne Journal: Int Health Date: 2019-01-01 Impact factor: 2.473
Authors: Shyam Sundar Budhathoki; Melanie Hawkins; Gerald Elsworth; Michael T Fahey; Jeevan Thapa; Sandeepa Karki; Lila Bahadur Basnet; Paras K Pokharel; Richard H Osborne Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-09 Impact factor: 3.390