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A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: A survey was conducted among Rohingya refugees to assess their overall health literacy and health status. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to conduct face to face interviews among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in November–December 2017. Families were selected using c...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Md Ridwanur, Faiz, Mohammad Abul, Nu, Ma Yin, Hassan, Md Rafiqul, Chakrabarty, Ashish Kumar, Kabir, Iqbal, Islam, Khaleda, Jafarullah, Abul Kashem Mohammad, Alakabawy, Mariam, Khatami, Ameneh, Rashid, Harunor
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630181
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030110
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author Rahman, Md Ridwanur
Faiz, Mohammad Abul
Nu, Ma Yin
Hassan, Md Rafiqul
Chakrabarty, Ashish Kumar
Kabir, Iqbal
Islam, Khaleda
Jafarullah, Abul Kashem Mohammad
Alakabawy, Mariam
Khatami, Ameneh
Rashid, Harunor
author_facet Rahman, Md Ridwanur
Faiz, Mohammad Abul
Nu, Ma Yin
Hassan, Md Rafiqul
Chakrabarty, Ashish Kumar
Kabir, Iqbal
Islam, Khaleda
Jafarullah, Abul Kashem Mohammad
Alakabawy, Mariam
Khatami, Ameneh
Rashid, Harunor
author_sort Rahman, Md Ridwanur
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description Background: A survey was conducted among Rohingya refugees to assess their overall health literacy and health status. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to conduct face to face interviews among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in November–December 2017. Families were selected using convenience sampling from four large refugee camps. Results: Primary respondents aged 10–90 (median 32) years, 56% male, representing 1634 families were interviewed and provided data of themselves and 6268 additional family members, 4163 (66.4%) of whom were children aged <18 years. Of all, only 736 (45%) primary respondents knew how to appropriately treat diarrhoea, 882 (54%) relied on unqualified village “doctors” for treatment, 547 (33.5%) reported a family member suffering injuries in the previous six months, with 8% (42/547) of injuries fatal. One hundred and ninety two (11.8%) primary respondents also reported deaths within their family in the preceding 12 months, with the majority (70% [134/192]) occurring in males, and 44% (85/192) of all deaths were claimed to be homicidal. Conclusion: This survey highlights overall poor health literacy, limited access to qualified health care, and a high rate of injuries and assaults among Rohingyas. However, these data come from an anecdotal survey that excluded some sensitive but important questions.
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spelling pubmed-75578112020-10-22 A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study Rahman, Md Ridwanur Faiz, Mohammad Abul Nu, Ma Yin Hassan, Md Rafiqul Chakrabarty, Ashish Kumar Kabir, Iqbal Islam, Khaleda Jafarullah, Abul Kashem Mohammad Alakabawy, Mariam Khatami, Ameneh Rashid, Harunor Trop Med Infect Dis Article Background: A survey was conducted among Rohingya refugees to assess their overall health literacy and health status. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to conduct face to face interviews among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in November–December 2017. Families were selected using convenience sampling from four large refugee camps. Results: Primary respondents aged 10–90 (median 32) years, 56% male, representing 1634 families were interviewed and provided data of themselves and 6268 additional family members, 4163 (66.4%) of whom were children aged <18 years. Of all, only 736 (45%) primary respondents knew how to appropriately treat diarrhoea, 882 (54%) relied on unqualified village “doctors” for treatment, 547 (33.5%) reported a family member suffering injuries in the previous six months, with 8% (42/547) of injuries fatal. One hundred and ninety two (11.8%) primary respondents also reported deaths within their family in the preceding 12 months, with the majority (70% [134/192]) occurring in males, and 44% (85/192) of all deaths were claimed to be homicidal. Conclusion: This survey highlights overall poor health literacy, limited access to qualified health care, and a high rate of injuries and assaults among Rohingyas. However, these data come from an anecdotal survey that excluded some sensitive but important questions. MDPI 2020-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7557811/ /pubmed/32630181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030110 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rahman, Md Ridwanur
Faiz, Mohammad Abul
Nu, Ma Yin
Hassan, Md Rafiqul
Chakrabarty, Ashish Kumar
Kabir, Iqbal
Islam, Khaleda
Jafarullah, Abul Kashem Mohammad
Alakabawy, Mariam
Khatami, Ameneh
Rashid, Harunor
A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort rapid assessment of health literacy and health status of rohingya refugees living in cox’s bazar, bangladesh following the august 2017 exodus from myanmar: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630181
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030110
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