Establishing the Digital Health Equity & Literacy Program (D-HELP): a student-led initiative to address digital health literacy gaps among emergency department patients at rush
D-HELP demonstrated feasibility, flexibility, and strong patient receptiveness in the ED setting. The model's low-resource, student-driven design supports scalability and provides a framework for expanding digital health literacy initiatives across diverse clinical settings while addressing social determinants of digital access.
Authors
- Galeta Carolyn Clayton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-1253)
- Tina Ting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4060-1579)
- Tejas C. Sekhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0848-8365)
- Aisha Zanib
- Qianyi Pu
- Jules A Tsanang
- Lily Noonan
- Catherine Chang
- Eric P Moyer
- Ryan Guidi
- Nicholas Cozzi
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMIA Open
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooag015
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Strong