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Understanding refugee and immigrant health literacy and beliefs toward antimicrobial resistance

Refugee and migrant populations have increased vulnerability to antimicrobial resistance, yet stewardship guidance is lacking. We addressed this gap through a cross-sectional survey, finding that these populations and immigrants from low and middle-income countries had lower health literacy on the i...

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Autores principales: Ladines-Lim, Joseph, Scruggs-Wodkowski, Elizabeth, Adžemović, Tessa, Croxton, Rachel, Romero, Ron, Lukela, Michael, Rao, Krishna, Mehrotra, Preeti, Patel, Payal K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38028894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.443
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Sumario:Refugee and migrant populations have increased vulnerability to antimicrobial resistance, yet stewardship guidance is lacking. We addressed this gap through a cross-sectional survey, finding that these populations and immigrants from low and middle-income countries had lower health literacy on the issue compared to native-born Americans and those from high-income countries.