COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem

Lancet Public Health. 2020 May;5(5):e249-e250. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30086-4. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

Authors

Leena Paakkari¹, Orkan Okan²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland. Electronic address: leena.paakkari@jyu.fi.
² Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Consumer Health Information
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Global Health
Health Behavior
Health Communication
Health Literacy / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*