TY - JOUR T1 - Sources of news as a necessity for improving community health literacy about COVID-19 TT - JF - MJIRI JO - MJIRI VL - 34 IS - 1 UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-6626-en.html Y1 - 2020 SP - 453 EP - 455 KW - COVID-19 KW - Health literacy KW - Sources of news N2 - Background: In the 21st century, the world has become a global village and a disease outbreak in one part of the world can spread rapidly to other countries far away. Methods: The emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China in January 2020 and its growing level of spread and severity between and within other countries as well as different continents has become a global emergency. Moreover, low health literacy results in more problems and continuation of the outbreak. Consequently, COVID-19 pandemic may produce new debates, discussions, and disturbing developments every day. In the meantime, cyberspace plays an important role in this case. Results: Improving people's health literacy can lead to increased potential of patients to make informed decisions, reduce health risks, increase disease prevention, and improve quality of life. Conclusion: The experience during COVID-19 pandemic has shown that health literacy plays an important role in preventing and controlling diseases and pandemic. M3 10.47176/mjiri.34.63 ER -