Assessment of health literacy among migrant populations in Southern Spain: A cross‐sectional study

AIM: The aim of this study was to measure of health literacy in the migrant population and establish a type of immigrant profile with a higher risk of presenting low levels of health literacy. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional descriptive study. METHODS: Health literacy was measured in a total of 278 immigr...

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Autores principales: Poza‐Méndez, Miriam, Bas‐Sarmiento, Pilar, Erahmouni, Ismail, Fernández‐Gutiérrez, Martina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10006600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36480226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1520
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Sumario:AIM: The aim of this study was to measure of health literacy in the migrant population and establish a type of immigrant profile with a higher risk of presenting low levels of health literacy. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional descriptive study. METHODS: Health literacy was measured in a total of 278 immigrants using HLS‐EU‐Q16. An inferential descriptive and multiple regression analysis was carried out. RESULTS: 65.1% having inadequate and problematic health literacy. Significant correlations were found between health literacy and length of stay in Spain (r = .398), age (r = .178p) and perceived social status (r = .151). Participants with shorter length of stay (β = .405 1), without health sciences education (β = .205) and low education level (β = .182) had limited health literacy.

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