A strengths-based, participatory qualitative exploration of digital information access and critical health literacy among culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia

As the volume of online health information expands, critical health literacy is increasingly positioned as a key resource for navigating the contemporary infodemic. This qualitative study examines how multi-lingual adults from diverse migrant backgrounds in Australia access and appraise online health information. Grounded in a participatory action research approach, bilingual community co-researchers (n=11), collectively speaking eight languages other than English, were embedded across all stages of the research. Semi-structured interviews with 55 participants were conducted in participants' preferred languages. Underpinned by a critical realist epistemology and a strengths-based approach, w