ArticleFrontiers in public health2021
Health Literacy and Migrant Communities in Primary Health Care.
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- Strengthening population and organizational health literacy to reduce social inequalities within the JA PreventNCD.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2025Article
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- Health Literacy Gaps Across Language Groups: A Population-Based Assessment in Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Developing a Medical Education Framework for Migrant and Refugee Mental Health in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Living infodemics across borders: experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants from India living in Norway.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Understanding Health Literacy Among Migrants in Portugal: The Impact of Environmental Issues.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Developing and Validating the Health Literacy Scale for Migrant Workers: Instrument Development and Validation Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Social support as perceived, provided and needed by family-members of migrants with type 2 diabetes - a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among Refugees and Migrants during the First Two Years of COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- A qualitative study on diverse experiences of medication safety among foreign-born persons living in Sweden.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Health literacy strengths and needs among migrant communities from Portuguese-speaking African countries in Portugal: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThe promotion of health literacy of the population in a situation of migration, in the community, is a fundamental field of intervention in health promotion, for the reduction of inequalities in access to health care services. It is increasingly necessary to make health care services more equitable for migrant populations. The aim of the study was to characterize the level of health literacy of the population in a migrant situation, attending a primary health care unit in the Lisbon region, to identify priority areas for community intervention that will become the focus of intervention and contribute to the increase in the health literacy levels in this population.
methodsA cross-sectional study was carried out by applying the Health Literacy Survey (ILS-PT) to a sample of the population in a situation of migration, found by 27 participants.
resultsThe general health literacy index of the sample is inadequate (21.23 points). An analysis of the sub-indexes revealed that 75% of the participants had difficulties related to information about health care and 80% had difficulties in the field of health promotion.
conclusionsProblematic and inadequate levels of health literacy was significantly frequent among migrant population. So that enhancing health literacy among migrant is essential to reduce health inequalities to achieve better health outcomes and contribute to defense of human rights of this vulnerable population.
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