Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.413-417, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
The world is in a fast trend towards technology and digitalization. With technological developments, health literacy has
advanced and the importance of digital health literacy in disease management has been realized. In order for a patient to
understand the level of risk and predicted outcome of recovery in relation to a given diagnosis, it is important that they have
access to comprehensive patient education resources that facilitate health literacy. In order to provide better health services
and health education to the society, nurses should have a good level of digital health literacy. In order for nurses to use
technology effectively, they need to acquire sufficient knowledge and skills about technology literacy. The purpose of this
review is to emphasize the importance of digital health literacy that develops with technology and to develop a digital health
literacy perspective in disease management.