Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens

Isto Huvila; Noora Hirvonen; Heidi Enwald; Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13

Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens

Isto Huvila, Noora Hirvonen, Heidi Enwald, Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt

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Abstract

To address the research gap on age-based differences in health information literacy (HIL), we investigated how younger (born 1960-) and older adults (1946-1960), and elderly citizens (-1945) differed from each other by their HIL competencies. Data were collected with an online survey of patients using the Swedish national electronic health record system. Altogether, 2,587 users responded. One-way ANOVA with post hoc tests revealed several differences between the groups: younger adults were less likely to value health information than older adults; older adults and elderly were least likely to compare information from multiple sources and had trouble in determining health information needs; older adults were most likely to have trouble understanding health terminology and the elderly to have difficulties in understanding medicinal package labels. The study shows that HIL is not necessarily improving or declining but adapting to challenges of advanced age.

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Title of host publication	Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science
Editors	S Kurbanoglu, S Špiranec, Y Ünal, J Boustany, ML Huotari, E Grassian, D Mizrachi, L Roy
Publisher	Springer VS
Pages	136–143
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-13472-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13
Publication status	Published - 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	ECIL: European Conference on Information Literacy - ECIL: European Conference on Information Literacy Duration: 1 Jan 2019 → …

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Huvila, I., Hirvonen, N., Enwald, H., & Åhlfeldt, R.-M. (2019). Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens. In S. Kurbanoglu, S. Špiranec, Y. Ünal, J. Boustany, ML. Huotari, E. Grassian, D. Mizrachi, & L. Roy (Eds.), Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 136–143). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13

Huvila, Isto ; Hirvonen, Noora ; Enwald, Heidi et al. / Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens. Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science. editor / S Kurbanoglu ; S Špiranec ; Y Ünal ; J Boustany ; ML Huotari ; E Grassian ; D Mizrachi ; L Roy. Springer VS, 2019. pp. 136–143

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Huvila, I, Hirvonen, N, Enwald, H & Åhlfeldt, R-M 2019, Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens. in S Kurbanoglu, S Špiranec, Y Ünal, J Boustany, ML Huotari, E Grassian, D Mizrachi & L Roy (eds), Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer VS, pp. 136–143, ECIL: European Conference on Information Literacy, 01/01/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13

Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens. / Huvila, Isto; Hirvonen, Noora; Enwald, Heidi et al.
Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science. ed. / S Kurbanoglu; S Špiranec; Y Ünal; J Boustany; ML Huotari; E Grassian; D Mizrachi; L Roy. Springer VS, 2019. p. 136–143.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Huvila I, Hirvonen N, Enwald H, Åhlfeldt RM. Differences in Health Information Literacy Competencies Among Older Adults, Elderly and Younger Citizens. In Kurbanoglu S, Špiranec S, Ünal Y, Boustany J, Huotari ML, Grassian E, Mizrachi D, Roy L, editors, Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer VS. 2019. p. 136–143 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_13