Digital Health Literacy and Health-Related Well-Being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Socioeconomic Status Among University Students in Hong Kong and Macao

Padmore Adusei AMOAH; Angela Y. M. LEUNG; Laurence Lloyd PARIAL; Angela Chiu Yin POON; Henry Hoi-Yee TONG; Wai-I NG; Xiang LI; Eliza Mi Ling WONG; Patrick Pui Kin KOR; Alex MOLASSIOTIS

doi:10.1177/10105395211012230

Digital Health Literacy and Health-Related Well-Being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Socioeconomic Status Among University Students in Hong Kong and Macao

Padmore Adusei AMOAH
, Angela Y. M. LEUNG^*
, Laurence Lloyd PARIAL
, Angela Chiu Yin POON
, Henry Hoi-Yee TONG
, Wai-I NG
, Xiang LI
, Eliza Mi Ling WONG
, Patrick Pui Kin KOR
, Alex MOLASSIOTIS

^*Corresponding author for this work

Lingnan University

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Abstract

The current study examined the moderating role of socioeconomic status (SES) in the association between digital health literacy (DHL) and psychological well-being of 801 university students in Hong Kong and Macao amid the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Results showed that DHL and SES were positively associated with psychological well-being. Surprisingly, SES negatively modified the relationship between DHL and psychological well-being. We argue that while attempts are being made to improve the well-being through DHL among students and others alike, a one-size-fits-all approach would not suffice because of diversity in students’ socioeconomic backgrounds.

Original language	English
Article number	101053952110122
Pages (from-to)	613-616
Number of pages	4
Journal	Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Volume	33
Issue number	5
Early online date	10 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395211012230
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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We obtained ethics approval from the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Reference No. HSEARS20200407001).

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Keywords

COVID-19
digital healthy literacy
psychological well-being
socioeconomic status
university students
Hong Kong
Macao

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AMOAH, P. A., LEUNG, A. Y. M., PARIAL, L. L., POON, A. C. Y., TONG, H. H.-Y., NG, W.-I., LI, X., WONG, E. M. L., KOR, P. P. K., & MOLASSIOTIS, A. (2021). Digital Health Literacy and Health-Related Well-Being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Socioeconomic Status Among University Students in Hong Kong and Macao. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 33(5), 613-616. Article 101053952110122. https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395211012230

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Digital Health Literacy and Health-Related Well-Being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Socioeconomic Status Among University Students in Hong Kong and Macao. / AMOAH, Padmore Adusei; LEUNG, Angela Y. M.; PARIAL, Laurence Lloyd et al.
In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 33, No. 5, 101053952110122, 07.2021, p. 613-616.

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