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Health literacy and COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Spring Hannah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12322
Subject(s) - covid-19 , health literacy , pandemic , government (linguistics) , everyday life , global health , public relations , literacy , medicine , key (lock) , political science , economic growth , nursing , health care , public health , computer security , computer science , virology , disease , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics
In early 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented health crisis. When the pandemic of coronavirus was declared by the World Health Organization, it brought with it sudden and dramatic changes to everyday life. In the UK, the key message from the Government was to ‘Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives’, sending out a clear warning that failing to stay at home would put other lives and the ability of the NHS to cope at risk. This editorial discusses COVID‐19, how society responded and the vital role that health literacy plays in saving lives during a global health emergency.