Lina Bergman|Ulrica Nilsson|Karuna Dahlberg|Maria Jaensson|Josefin Wångdahl
Health literacy and e-health literacy among Arabic-speaking migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study
Karolinska Institutet|Karolinska Institutet|Örebro University|Örebro University|Uppsala University
health inequities arise public cannot access understand health information easy accessible understandable way evidence supports health literacy hl determinant health outcomes hl limited may major impact morbidity well mortality migrants known limited hl therefore study aimed explore comprehensive health literacy chl electronic health literacy ehl among arabicspeaking migrants swedenthis crosssectional observational study conducted sweden total 703 persons invited participate february september 2019 two questionnaires health literacy survey european questionnaire hlseuq16 ehealth literacy scale eheals questions selfperceived health internet use distributed swedish arabic various statistical analyses performed determine associations limited chl ehla total 681 respondents included analysis 334 49 native arabicspeaking migrants 347 51 native swedishspeaking residents chl ehl differed groups arabic speakers significantly lower mean sum scores ehl 281 sd 61 vs 293 62 p 0012 lower proportion sufficient chl 125 389 vs 239 713 p 0001 compared swedish speakers multiple regression analysis showed associations limited chl ehl arabic speaking less internet use finding internet important useful furthermore longer time spent sweden associated higher levels chl among arabic speakers 094 95 ci 091098 p 001chl ehl differ arabicspeaking migrants native swedish speakers also arabic speakers lived different lengths time sweden though seems ehealth literacy less affected language spoken internet suggested appropriate channel disseminating health information arabicspeaking migrants