Health information management: analysis of the scientific evidence panel on Covid-19
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2025.e101065Keywords:
Information management, Digital health, Health communication, Scientific divulgation, Health literacyAbstract
Objective: Analyze the structure and information management of the Scientific Evidence Panel on Pharmacological Treatment and Vaccines - COVID-19 of the Ministry of Health, to identify obstacles and demands in digital health literacy and propose improvements for the availability and visualization of health information to facilitate access and use of these by the population.
Method: A qualitative and descriptive analysis was carried out using a framework that integrates the Digital Health Literacy Model and Bloom's Taxonomy.
Result: The results showed that the panel presents the need for improvement in information management, regarding the availability and visualization of health data to favor inclusion and access by the population.
Conclusions: The present study contributes to the debate about knowledge translation and presents an analysis framework to improve information management to promote inclusion and access to health information by the population.
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