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COVID-19-Related Health Literacy of Socioeconomically Vulnerable Migrant Groups

Objective: Understand the COVID-19-related health literacy of socioeconomically vulnerable migrant groups. Methods: We conducted a survey available in 8 languages among 2,354 members of the target population in Switzerland in 2020. We measured health literacy in four dimensions (finding, understandi...

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Autores principales: Ruedin, Didier, Probst, Johanna, Wanner, Philippe, Efionayi-Mäder, Denise, Bodenmann, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9240819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35783448
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604664
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author Ruedin, Didier
Probst, Johanna
Wanner, Philippe
Efionayi-Mäder, Denise
Bodenmann, Patrick
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description Objective: Understand the COVID-19-related health literacy of socioeconomically vulnerable migrant groups. Methods: We conducted a survey available in 8 languages among 2,354 members of the target population in Switzerland in 2020. We measured health literacy in four dimensions (finding, understanding, evaluating and applying health information) and assessed adherence to official recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Most migrants felt well informed about the pandemic. Using an extended index of health literacy, we found a moderate correlation (r = −0.28 [−0.24, −0.32]) between COVID-19-related health literacy and socioeconomic vulnerability. The most socioeconomically vulnerable migrants tended to have more difficulty finding and understanding health information about COVID-19 and adhered more to unscientific theses that were not part of the official communication. Conclusion: Special communication efforts by public health authorities have reached most migrants, but socioeconomic vulnerability can be a barrier to taking precautions.
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spelling pubmed-92408192022-06-30 COVID-19-Related Health Literacy of Socioeconomically Vulnerable Migrant Groups Ruedin, Didier Probst, Johanna Wanner, Philippe Efionayi-Mäder, Denise Bodenmann, Patrick Int J Public Health Public Health Archive Objective: Understand the COVID-19-related health literacy of socioeconomically vulnerable migrant groups. Methods: We conducted a survey available in 8 languages among 2,354 members of the target population in Switzerland in 2020. We measured health literacy in four dimensions (finding, understanding, evaluating and applying health information) and assessed adherence to official recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Most migrants felt well informed about the pandemic. Using an extended index of health literacy, we found a moderate correlation (r = −0.28 [−0.24, −0.32]) between COVID-19-related health literacy and socioeconomic vulnerability. The most socioeconomically vulnerable migrants tended to have more difficulty finding and understanding health information about COVID-19 and adhered more to unscientific theses that were not part of the official communication. Conclusion: Special communication efforts by public health authorities have reached most migrants, but socioeconomic vulnerability can be a barrier to taking precautions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9240819/ /pubmed/35783448 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604664 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ruedin, Probst, Wanner, Efionayi-Mäder and Bodenmann. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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