Martina Fernández?Gutiérrez|Pilar Bas?Sarmiento|María J. Albar?Marín|Olga Paloma?Castro|José Manuel Romero?Sánchez
Health literacy interventions for immigrant populations: a systematic review
Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Sevilla|Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Cádiz|Airbus (Spain)
health literacy considered social health determinant influences improvement health patient empowerment reduction inequalities lack health literacy interventions vulnerable social groups ie immigrants nurses shown little familiarity conceptthis study aimed identify analyse whether interventions directed immigrant populations improve functional basic reading writing arithmetic skills interactive social cognitive skills critical advanced cognitive social skills critically analyzing information making informed decisions dimensions health literacy taking account role played nursing interventionsa systematic review four databases including pubmed psycinfo cochrane library eric conducted identify relevant articles published 2000 2015 thirtyfour articles met inclusion criteria nine articles used validated instrumentfew specific health literacy interventions immigrant populations found main findings studies showed positive changes functional health literacy however interventions less effective improving interactive critical health literacyseveral findings review based studies limitations assessment articles blinded review restricted articles written spanish englishthe interventions studied reported effective improving health literacy immigrants particularly functional aspects regarding role played nursing review observed little involvementit important educational strategies include health literacy dimensions concept health literacy included nursing outcomes classification subsequent validation taxonomy promote community health health literacy must prioritized objective health management policies