Abstract
Objectives: The objectives of the present study were to investigate the institutional, socio-cultural and technical challenges to digital health literacy among different members of society, especially college and university students in Pakistan and all over the world. Level of usage of different technologies by the people belonging to different segments of life was also observed. Data Sources: Data was borrowed from Wikipedia, Google Scholar, peer reviewed journals and articles, MEDLINE, Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC) and other online resources while using variety of terms relating digital health literacy. Review Methods: Abstracts, full texts, summaries, conclusions and recommendations of different studies were evaluated at the beginning. Both qualitative and quantitative researches were included. Results: Twenty seven studies were included which showed different kinds of socio cultural challenges to digital health literacy i.e. lack of education, category of gender, and level of age and so on so forth. Ten different studies revealed considerable technical barriers to digital health literacy such as lack of technical knowledge and lack of access to ICT resources. Institutional barriers were also pointed out by 13 different studies. Likewise, eleven studies concentrated on the usage of digital health literacy among students, whereas nine studies highlighted the ground realities regarding digital health literacy in Pakistan.