Digital health literacy and information behaviour in university students in Finland

ConclusionsFinnish students were rather confident in their DHL skills. However, almost every fourth had difficulties in assessing the reliability of the information, a key competence of DHL in the context of overabundance of information. This suggests that DHL, especially the competence of critically evaluate health related information, need to be strengthen among university students in Finland across different study subjects.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research