Social participation is associated with digital health literacy through the pathways of self-efficacy and technophobia. By fostering engagement opportunities, supportive environments, and positive role models, communities and families may help create conditions that are conducive to higher self-efficacy and lower technophobia among older adults, both of which are associated with higher levels of digital health literacy and a greater ability to benefit from opportunities in the digital age.
Li et al. (Tue,) studied this question.