DIGITAL HEALTH LITERACY IN TAMIL NADU: CHALLENGES AND INSIGHTS FROM A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

The contemporary healthcare sector deeply depends on digital health literacy for its operations. One must possess the ability to search and understand as well as utilize digital health information for digital health literacy. The main target of this investigation includes determining digital health literacy levels among Tamil Nadu residents while examining their relationships with socioeconomic characteristics and general skills and their impact on health outcomes. A detailed cross sectional evaluated survey with 249 participants showed that age together with education level and income status and employment status influence digital health literacy. The skill sets related to seeking and utilizing health information together with most other skills showed less expected strength in their correlations indicating a need for added assistance. This research study exposes how disadvantaged groups have trouble understanding and reaching accessible health resources during evaluations of healthcare service enhancement efforts. Research findings generate serious public health policy effects that need modifications in health literacy societies by implementing targeted campaigns and educational measures.