Health literacy and COVID‐19

In early 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented health crisis. When the pandemic of coronavirus was declared by the World Health Organization, it brought with it sudden and dramatic changes to everyday life. In the UK, the key message from the Government was to ‘Stay at home, protect the NHS,...

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Published inHealth information and libraries journal Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 171 - 172
Main Author Spring, Hannah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
COVID-19
global health
Health education
Health literacy
Health Literacy - statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Humans
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
global health
health literacy
public health
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ISSN1471-1834
1471-1842
1471-1842
DOI10.1111/hir.12322

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Summary:In early 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented health crisis. When the pandemic of coronavirus was declared by the World Health Organization, it brought with it sudden and dramatic changes to everyday life. In the UK, the key message from the Government was to ‘Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives’, sending out a clear warning that failing to stay at home would put other lives and the ability of the NHS to cope at risk. This editorial discusses COVID‐19, how society responded and the vital role that health literacy plays in saving lives during a global health emergency.
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ISSN:1471-1834
1471-1842
1471-1842
DOI:10.1111/hir.12322