eHealth literacy of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong in the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study.

Autor: Milanti A; The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong., Chan DNS; The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong., Choi KC; The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong., So WKW; The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Apr 18; Vol. 19 (4), pp. e0296893. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 18 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296893
Abstrakt: Background: Health communication in the COVID-19 pandemic can be effectively implemented if all members of the populations, including marginalized population such as migrant domestic workers (MDWs), have good eHealth literacy. Lessons learned during this critical period may help improve planning and mitigation of the impacts of future health crises.
Methods: This study aimed to examine and explore the eHealth literacy levels of the MDWs in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic by using a convergent mixed methods research design. A total of 1156 Hong Kong MDWs participated in a paper-based survey using a multistage cluster random sampling design for the quantitative component. eHealth literacy was measured using an eHealth literacy Scale (eHEALS). For the qualitative component, a purposive sampling of 19 MDWs participated in face-to-face, semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were used to carry out the quantitative analysis, while thematic analysis was used for the qualitative analysis. Both quantitative and qualitative data were merged and integrated for mixed-methods analysis.
Results: The meta-inferences of the quantitative and qualitative results mainly confirmed that MDWs in Hong Kong had good levels of eHealth literacy. The use of Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp as the COVID-19 information sources, in addition to having an interest in the topic of the current spread of COVID-19 together with the Hong Kong government's policies related to COVID-19, were found to be associated with eHealth literacy.
Conclusions: The eHealth literacy level of MDWs in Hong Kong was shown to be good and it was influenced by the use of popular social media platforms including Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. It is realistic to suggest that such platforms should be harnessed for health communication during the pandemic. Yet, regulations to combat false information on these media are also urgently needed.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Milanti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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