iCON and Canada Health Infoway held this webinar about Canada’s digital health landscape. This session provided an overview of digital health literacy in B.C. and across Canada. This session also provided participants with the skills to identify high quality health information online and apply these skills to support chronic disease self-management. Resources provided in this session are part of an initiative to build digital health literacy among multicultural communities.
Participants:
- Gained an understanding of the digital health literacy landscape in B.C. and across Canada
- Learned tips to differentiate more reliable (higher quality) and less reliable (lower quality) health information
- Explored and practiced how to find more reliable health information
Date
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Time
11:00am-12:00pm PT
Format
Online
Admission
Free to attend
Co-speaker
Haley Armstrong, Senior Specialist, Stakeholder Engagement at Canada Health Infoway
Co-speaker
Dr. Niresha Velmurugiah, Digital Health Literacy Lead at iCON