TY - JOUR
AU - Bojórquez, Maritza
AB - VIEWPOINT Exploring Electronic Health Literacy: A Focus on Latinx Communities Maritza Boj� orquez uring the COVID-19 pandemic, there has hindered their ability to obtain telehealth serv- was a noticeable rise in reliance on digi- ices, adding to the disparities and creating a sociocul- tal capacity through technology in tural barrier among this community due to their healthcare environments. The exploration of this lower income (Reddick et al., 2020; Scanzera et al., topic stemmed from seeing an increase in no-show 2020). behavioral health visits, primarily by Latinx CLOSING THE HEALTH GAP patients at a community-based clinic. In following For many years, there has been a focus on the social up with patients, they shared the difficulty they work grand challenge to close the health gap. faced in navigating telehealth services due to a lack of knowledge on using a computer or mobile de- However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the sub- vice, lack of internet affordability, and low academic sequent state of emergency increased the demands for telehealth services (i.e., behavioral and medi- attainment (Flynn et al., 2021). Latinx communities cal). While the demands are high, the needs of are not as engaged in electronic health (eHealth) as marginalized communities still 
TI - Exploring Electronic Health Literacy: A Focus on Latinx Communities
JF - Health & Social Work
DO - 10.1093/hsw/hlae043
DA - 2024-12-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/exploring-electronic-health-literacy-a-focus-on-latinx-communities-6TMJaseB5h
SP - 72
EP - 74
VL - 50
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -