The COVID-HL University Students Survey
Digital Health literacy in Times of Infodemic
Digital Health Literacy among University Students in the COVID-19 Era
In response to the many uncertainties and the ever-changing circumstances in society created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-HL Consortium has conducted a survey on (digital) health literacy in relation to COVID-19 among university students globally.
Not much is known about university student`s health literacy especially in relation to crisis situations that affect whole of societal life including social, economic and political impact on their everyday practices. Therefore, this survey wanted to shed light on how students face the challenges of this pandemic and how they cope with the fact that their lives are being turned upside down for the better or the worse. In particular we were interested in learning about their health literacy levels, their online information seeking profiles, the topics they search for and where, what attitudes they have towards their current situation living in this age of pandemic, their worries and future time perspectives as well as health and wellbeing status.
Main goals of the survey
The main goals of the COVID-HL-Survey are therefore to:
- assess digital health literacy of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic,
- explore the different digital sources of informationstudents consult when seeking for COVID-19 information and identify theirpreferred choices,
- capture students’ future time perspective/worries and theirrelation with student`s digital health literacy, information seeking behaviourand health situation, and to
- assess students Sense of Coherence and its association withstudent`s digital health literacy, information seeking behaviour and health situation.
The benefit of the survey is to enable research, policy and practice to develop policies and programmes to foster healthy and protective behaviour, preventive measures and adherence with the COVID-19 policies. Digital health literacy will empower university students and all other population groups to take greater control in the prevention of COVID-19 and its spread, and are likely to lead to better health outcomes.
30
Countries
Worldwide, 30 countries were involved in the COVID-HL-student survey.
64,658
Respondents
So far almost 65.000 university students completed the COVID-HL- University Students Survey
36
Publications
So far, 34 scientific papers have been published and more are in preperation.
Main goals
Digital health literacy
Assess digital health literacy of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Digital information sources
Explore sources of information students use when seeking for COVID-19 information
Current & future perspective
Capture university students orientation towards viewing their life and their future
Personal health situation
Advance understanding of students health (e.g. wellbeing) in pandemic times
Countries involved
Germany
Prof. Dr. Kevin Dadaczynski, Prof. Dr. Katharina Rathmann
Fulda University of Applied Sciences | Public Health Centre Fulda
Prof. Dr. Orkan Okan
Technical University Munich | TUM School of Medicine and Health
Prof. Dr. Melanie Messer
University of Trier | Departement Nursing Science II
Portugal
Ass. Prof. Dr. Rafaela Rosario
University of Minho
Ass. Professor Dr. Inês Fronteira
Universidade Nova in Lisbon
Dr. Neida Ramos
Universidade Nova in Lisbon
Poland
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Duplaga
Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Australia
Prof. Dr. Kirsten McCaffery
University of Sydney | Health Literacy Lab
Dr. Kirsten Pickles
University of Sydney | Health Literacy Lab
Dr. Rachael Dodd
University of Sydney | Health Literacy Lab
Austria
Prof. Dr. Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera
University of Graz | Institute of Education Research and Teacher Education
Franziska Reitegger
University of Graz | Institute of Education Research and Teacher Education
Michaela Wright
University of Graz | Research Center for Inclusive Education (RCIE)
Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ioannis Patias
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” | Faculty of Mathematics and Informatic
Assoc. Prof. Aleksandrina Vodenicharova
Medical University Sofia | Faculty of Public Health
Ass. Professor Nikoleta Leventi
Medical University Sofia | Faculty of Public Health
Canada
Assoc. Professor Erica Di Ruggiero
University of Toronto
Paola Ardiles Gamboa
Simon Fraser University
Simran Purewal
Simon Fraser University
China and Hongkong
Professor Angela Yee Man
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ass. Professor Padmore A. Amoah
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Dr. Sam Lau
Hong Kong Baptist University
Denmark
Assoc. Professor
University College South Denmark
Dr. Carsten Kronborg Bak
University College South Denmark
Dr. Jesper von Seelen
University College South Denmark
Ecuador
Professor María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Finnland
Adjunct Professor Marjorita Sormunen
University of Eastern Finland
Dr. Pirjo Lindfors
Tampere University
France
Assoc. Professor Emily Darlington
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Dr. Julien Masson
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Ghana
Dr. John Elvis Hagan Jnr.
University of Cape Coast
Dr. Frank Quansah
University of Education Winniba
Medina Srem-Sai
University of Education Winniba
Greece
Assoc. Professor Dr. Evanthia Sakellari
University of West Attica
Professor Areti Lagiou
University of West Attica
Ireland
Professor Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
National University of Ireland
Professor Colette Kelly
University of Galway
Dr. Pádraig MacNeela
University of Galway
Italy
Assoc. Professor Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
University of Florence
Assoc. Professor Chiara Lorini
University of Florence
Assoc. Professor Veronica Velasco
Milano-Bicocca University
Japan
Seigo Mitsutake
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
Assoc. Professor Yoshimitsu Takahashi
Kyoto University | School of Public Health
Lebanon
Assoc. Professor Carmel Bouclaous
Lebanese American University
Malaysia
Professor Dr. Tin Tin Su
Monash University | School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Pakistan
Professor Muhammad Zakria Zakar
University of Okara
Professor Rubeena Zakar
University of the Punjab
Philippines
Professor Carmen C. Tolabing
University of the Philippines | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dr. Derick Erl P. Sumalapao
University of the Philippines | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Romania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marius Ungureanu
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Department of Public Health
Dr. Madalina Coman
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Department of Public Health
Serbia
Professor Aleksandra Jovic-Vranes
Belgrade University
Slovenia
Dr. Mitja Vrdelja
National Institute of Public Health Slovenia
Dr. Vesna Pucelji
National Institute of Public Health Slovenia
South Korea
Assoc. Professor Heeran Chun
Jungwon University | Department of Health Administration
Dr. Eun-Ja Park
Korea Institute for Health Social Affairs
Spain
Assoc. Professor María J. Miranda-Velasco
University of Extremadura
Taiwan
Ass. Professor Duong Van Tuyen
Taipei Medical University
Professor Cheng-Yu Lin
Shih Hsin University
Assoc. Professor Dr. Sheng-Chih Chen
National ChengChi University
Turkey
Professor Sibel Sakarya
Koç University | School of Medicine
Assoc. Professor Pınar Soylar
Fırat University | Health Science Faculty
Dr. Özlem Öztürk
Ankara University | Faculty of Nursing
Professor Nadi Bakırcı
Acıbadem University
Professor Pınar Erbay Dündar
Celal Bayar University
United Kingdom
Professor Jane Wills
London South Bank University
Professor Susie Sykes
London South Bank University
Professor Gill Rowlands
Newcastle University
United States
Professor Tetine Sentell
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Professor Jennifer Manganello
University at Albany | School of Public Health
Assoc. Professor Philip Massey
University of California