Advancing Digital Health Literacy: Integrating Public Health, Educational Strategies and Technological Innovations for Equitable Access and Empowerment

Abstract

With the speed of healthcare services becoming digitalized grows, digital health literacy (DHL) becomes one of the essential 21st century skills. As health systems increasingly turn to online health information platforms, people will need to be equipped with knowledge and capabilities of using online health information and how they can use the knowledge to the advantage of the health system. In this paper, we talk about the opportunity to achieve the promotion of DHL at the meeting of three topics education, technological progress, and health. It cites the representational barriers to equitable accessibility, proposes an integrative model and highlights the need of community-based, culturally acceptable, inclusive digital health literacy programmes. This paper contributes to the population empowerment to make significant contribution to their health and well-being on the digital age with the multidimensional lens. Overall, the results imply that while all components are important, participants place greater emphasis on the ability to critically evaluate and interpret media messages, a skill central to navigating today’s digital health environments.