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Eight Voices in Darkness: using art to involve the public in research dissemination.

Authors: Nollett C, Bowers R, Cockburn N, Denton R, Latham K
Journal: Research involvement and engagement
mental health psychology open access

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has brought enormous changes to numerous citizens’ daily lives []. In particular, consumers try to acquire health related information online when they have a health related problem []. Obtaining information online regarding health care-related tasks such as searching for the signs and symptoms of a disease, learning about someone else’s experience, finding the name of a hospital, or discovering aftercare information before visiting the doctor is easy. Thus, online health information (OHI) benefits consumers’ self-care and their valuable decision-making process []. In South Korea, 91.5% of the population uses internet services, ranking first among 157 nations in the global Information and communications technology development index. This underscores the country's significant reliance on information technology []. Thus, the data on Korean consumers reflects the phenomenon of increasingly seeking OHI and using eHealth to participate more in health care management. The World Health Organization describes eHealth as the efficient and secure application of information and communication technologies to support health and health related activities. This includes the provision of healthcare services, health monitoring, medical literature, health education, as well as the dissemination of knowledge and research [].