The Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 3, housed at the Gibson D. Lewis Library, would like to invite you to join us for the next session of our monthly webinar series, Health Bytes with Region 3. This monthly 1 hour series focuses on topics of interest to clinicians, researchers, faculty, and information professionals.
Digital literacy is now being recognized as a social determinant of health. Digital literacy is often defined as the varying ability of both children and adults to use digital technologies and understand their risks. Emerging research suggests that people who have lower digital literacy may experience poorer health outcomes and quality of life. Digital interventions are being used to bridge gaps in service access and availability by supplementing or delivering substance use care. Yet, if factors such as technology access and digital literacy are not addressed, health disparities, like in substance use, will continue to persist. This talk will 1) review feedback from people who use substances in the St. Louis, Missouri region about an ongoing digital health intervention, 2) discuss how the information gleaned is being actively used to integrate digital literacy into substance use care programming, and 3) demonstrate how our research team continues to advocate for the prioritization of digital access and literacy in the region, especially for lower-income and non-white recovery communities.
Register here: https://nnlm.gov/hb0125reg