Josefin Wångdahl|Per Lytsy|Lena Mårtensson|Ragnar Westerling
Health literacy among refugees in Sweden – a cross-sectional study
Uppsala University|Uppsala University|University of Gothenburg|Uppsala University
refugees poorer health compared indigenous populations may explained lower health literacy ie able access understand appraise apply health information study aims determine levels functional comprehensive health literacy factors associated inadequate health literacy refugees coming swedena crosssectional study performed among 455 adult refugees speaking arabic dari somali english participants 16 strategically selected language schools immigrants responded questionnaire health literacy measured using swedish functional health literacy scale hlseuq16 questionnaire uni multivariate statistical methods used investigate group differencesthe majority participating refugees inadequate limited functional health literacy comprehensive health literacy 60 inadequate functional health literacy 27 inadequate comprehensive health literacy low education andor born somalia factors associated increased risk inadequate functional health literacy inadequate functional health literacy associated increased risk inadequate comprehensive health literacythe majority refugees language schools limited poor health literacy health literacy taken consideration contexts activities addressing migrants research needed better understand health literacy among refugees develop strategies methods increase health literacy make life easier low health literacy