{"id":24593,"date":"2022-03-31T09:05:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=24593"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:44:20","slug":"alfabetizacion-en-salud-digital-para-mayor-inclusion-en-la-transformacion-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/alfabetizacion-en-salud-digital-para-mayor-inclusion-en-la-transformacion-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Health Literacy for greater inclusion in the digital transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24593\" class=\"elementor elementor-24593\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a4ecb6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3a4ecb6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72c82f5c\" data-id=\"72c82f5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ec05e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72ec05e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Health literacy is a degree of knowledge and experience in which a person can access and process basic health information and participate in making health decisions.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10786bdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"10786bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5d276\" data-id=\"f5d276\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-761b5280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"761b5280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The World Health Organization defines health literacy as the personal characteristics and resources necessary for the population and communities to access, understand, value and use information and services to make decisions about health.<\/p><p>Likewise, they define digital literacy processes as the set of skills, attitudes and knowledge that a person requires to develop functionally in the information society.<\/p><p>In this sense, Digital Health Literacy recovers aspects of both terms. Therefore, this concept encompasses the ability to search, find and understand health information represented in electronic formats and sources to solve a health problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d0b99cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2d0b99cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75f6c16\" data-id=\"75f6c16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8583c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8583c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Literacy in Digital Health is influenced by various variables of each individual, for example, their age, their health status, education, digital literacy skills, or the motivation to seek information.<\/p><p>In this way, digital health technologies must consider digital health literacy to be effective. For example, Artificial Intelligence, wearables, mobile applications, remote monitoring devices, among other digital solutions, have the potential to better develop patients&#039; digital skills.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258776e6\" data-id=\"258776e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9cf7dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f9cf7dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24594\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35-660x347.jpg 660w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35-840x441.jpg 840w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03-22-35-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f20a40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"70f20a40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebe7053\" data-id=\"ebe7053\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4763e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4763e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, Digital Health literacy has limitations, which, in turn, create barriers that exclude communities from digital transformation processes. That is why it is important to recognize the importance, first of all, of health literacy and digital literacy.<\/p><p>On the other hand, the WHO has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/working-groups\/digital_hl.pdf\">several studies<\/a> on the importance of using the internet in the fight against noncommunicable chronic diseases and the information available online by health authorities in various countries. One of these studies showed great room for improvement on the part of national governments in creating and engaging in social media conversations about these types of health conditions.<\/p><p>Likewise, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh created a series of tips on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6660987\/table\/T1\/?report=objectonly\">universal digitalization and the promotion of Digital Health<\/a>. In this list, they highlight the importance of creating materials that establish a standard in health literacy, such as the creation of tools and materials<\/p><p>The United States National Library of Medicine created a Digital Health Literacy campaign, called <em>All of Us<\/em>, which offers courses on digital literacy, searching for medical information on the Internet, among other topics: <a href=\"https:\/\/allofus.nnlm.gov\/digital-health-literacy\">https:\/\/allofus.nnlm.gov\/digital-health-literacy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73eafc5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"73eafc5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d407e5e\" data-id=\"6d407e5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cd9ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"37cd9ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9361\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9361\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9361\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9361\"><p><strong>WHO<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/working-groups\/digital_hl.pdf\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/working-groups\/digital_hl.pdf<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/activities\/working-groups\/17-s5-rowlands.pdf\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/activities\/working-groups\/17-s5-rowlands.pdf<\/a><\/p><p><strong>SCIENCE DIRECT<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0167527319326518\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0167527319326518#<\/a>!<\/p><p><strong>NCBI<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6660987\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6660987\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud es un grado de conocimiento y experiencia en la que una persona puede acceder y procesar informaci\u00f3n b\u00e1sica sobre salud y participar en la toma de decisiones sobre salud. La Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud define la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud como, las caracter\u00edsticas personales y los recursos necesarios para que la poblaci\u00f3n y las comunidades accedan, comprendan, valoren y utilicen la informaci\u00f3n y los servicios para tomar decisiones sobre la salud. Asimismo, definen a los procesos de alfabetizaci\u00f3n digital como el conjunto de habilidades, actitudes y conocimientos que una persona requiere para desarrollarse funcionalmente en la sociedad de la informaci\u00f3n. En este sentido, la Alfabetizaci\u00f3n en Salud Digital, recupera aspectos de ambos t\u00e9rminos. Por lo tanto, este concepto engloba la habilidad de buscar, encontrar y entender la informaci\u00f3n en salud representada en formatos y fuentes electr\u00f3nicas para resolver un problema de salud. La alfabetizaci\u00f3n en Salud Digital se ve influenciada por diversas variables de cada individuo, por ejemplo, su edad, su estado de salud, escolaridad, habilidades de alfabetizaci\u00f3n digital, o la motivaci\u00f3n de buscar informaci\u00f3n. De esta forma, las tecnolog\u00edas digitales en salud deben contemplar la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud digital para ser efectivas. Por ejemplo, la Inteligencia Artificial, los wearables, aplicaciones m\u00f3viles, dispositivos de monitoreo remoto, entre otras soluciones digitales, tienen el potencial de desarrollar mejor las habilidades digitales de los pacientes. Sin embargo, la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en Salud Digital, cuenta con limitantes, que, a su vez, crean barreras que excluyen a las comunidades de los procesos de transformaci\u00f3n digital. Por ello es importante reconocer la importancia, en primer lugar, de la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud y de la alfabetizaci\u00f3n digital. Por otra parte, la OMS ha realizado varios estudios sobre la importancia del uso de internet en el combate a las enfermedades c\u00f3nicas no transmisibles y la informaci\u00f3n disponible en l\u00ednea por parte de autoridades sanitarias de varios pa\u00edses. Uno de estos estudios mostr\u00f3 un gran margen de mejora de parte de los gobiernos nacionales, en la creaci\u00f3n y participaci\u00f3n de las conversaciones en redes sociales sobre este tipo de condiciones de salud. Asimismo, investigadores de la Universidad de Pittsburgh, crearon una serie de consejos sobre la digitalizaci\u00f3n universal y la promoci\u00f3n de la Salud Digital. En dicha lista, destacan la importancia de la creaci\u00f3n de materiales que establezcan un est\u00e1ndar en la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud, como la creaci\u00f3n de herramientas y materiales La Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de Estados Unidos, cre\u00f3 una campa\u00f1a de Alfabetizaci\u00f3n en Salud Digital, llamada All of Us, la cual ofrece cursos sobre alfabetizaci\u00f3n digital, b\u00fasqueda de informaci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en internet, entre otros temas: https:\/\/allofus.nnlm.gov\/digital-health-literacy BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA OMS https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/working-groups\/digital_hl.pdf https:\/\/www.who.int\/global-coordination-mechanism\/activities\/working-groups\/17-s5-rowlands.pdf SCIENCE DIRECT https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0167527319326518#! 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