Eulàlia Hernández Encuentra, Noemí Robles, Ariadna Angulo-Brunet, David Cullen, Ignacio Del Arco
Spanish and Catalan Versions of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire: Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation Study
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structural barriers inadequate housing lack employment opportunities discrimination known adversely affect health newly settled refugee migrants however barriers remain largely unresolved unaddressed thus need better understand factors individuallevel health resources may influence health mitigate ill health early postmigration phase study aimed explore relationship health outcomes individual health resources including health literacy social support selfefficacy newly settled refugee migrants survey data collected 787 refugee migrants sweden logistical regression analysis showed limited health literacy lack emotional support low selfefficacy consistently associated poor health outcomes demographic variables gender education type residence permit imperative individuallevel health resources may play important role general psychological wellbeing newly settled migrants promoting health literacy facilitating attainment social support may buffer structural challenges establishment phase enhance prospects later health social integration