Digital Health Literacy in Commonwealth Pacific Nations

Abstract

The Commonwealth of Learning engaged the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand to conduct a research study on current initiatives in digital health literacy in the community health sector. The study focused primarily on the digital health literacy of community health workers in the Pacific. The research aimed to provide a broad overview of current initiatives in digital health literacy of community health workers in the Pacific, focusing on Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa and Tonga, and to identify possible gaps in or needs for capability building where the Commonwealth of Learning may be able to add value