An integrated approach to Electronic Health Literacy (eHL) ensures that individuals develop essential electronic health skills as early as possible in their education. As technology advances and labor market demands evolve, eHL knowledge must keep pace to equip future health care professionals with the right competencies.
In the health sector, strengthening eHL skills requires a systematic process—starting with raising awareness about its importance among medical and allied health students. Through self-assessment of their eHL levels, individuals, organizations, and communities can work together to create effective policies and strategies that support electronic literacy at all levels.
– For Individuals: This initiative equips medical and allied health students with the skills to effectively process online health information, actively engage in their own health, confidently use digital health services, and stay motivated to participate in eHL activities;
– For Organizations: Institutions play a key role in fostering an environment that enables students to develop eHL competencies. By ensuring access to the right resources, implementing privacy and security measures, and encouraging the use of digital technologies, organizations can facilitate eHL learning;
– For Communities & Policymakers: A strong eHL foundation requires strategic action at the community level. Policymakers can promote electronic health literacy by embedding eHL principles into health and education policies, launching Social Marketing campaigns to raise awareness, combating misinformation, and advocating for dedicated funding and resources. Collaborative efforts across government levels can help implement, evaluate, and share best practices in eHL.
Target groups:
The primary target groups of the eHELPEDiT project are:
- Medical and allied health students;
- Teaching staff and professors;
The secondary interest groups of the project are:
- Healthcare information consumers;
- Consumer organizations and other support services- NGOs, welfare services, community organizations, workplaces);
- Technology companies;
- Education and training organizations specialized in health and allied health fields;
- Pharmacies;
- Governmental and non-governmental working bodies;
- Private organizations (providers of healthcare services and goods such as the fitness organizations and the food and alcohol manufacturers and distributors).