Current Situations and Challenges in the Development of Health Information Literacy

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 2706
• Main Authors: Wang, Qiulin, Tao, Chunhua, Yuan, Yuan, Zhang, Song, Liang, Jingyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult literacy; Health Education; Health Literacy; Humans; Information literacy; Knowledge; Library associations; Medical libraries; Patients; Personal health; Physician-Patient Relations; Questionnaires; Reading comprehension; Review; Self evaluation; Trust; assessment tools; influencing factors; health information sources; doctor–patient relationship; health information literacy

Health information literacy (HIL) is a significant concept that has gradually become known to the broader public in recent years. Although the definitions of HIL and health literacy seem to overlap, as an independent subconcept, HIL still shows a unique influence on improvements in people's hea...