Tze Gek Ho|Hassan Hosseinzadeh|Bayzidur Rahman|Mohamud Sheikh
Health literacy and health-promoting behaviours among Australian-Singaporean communities living in Sydney metropolitan area
UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney
background health literacy affects individuals navigate make decisions within healthcare system recognized influence health behaviours however less known associations healthpromoting behaviours amongst australian migrant populations study attempt fill gap investigating level health literacy associations physical activity healthy diet smoking health services utilization among australiansingaporean communities methods total 157 participants recruited singaporean communities living sydney metropolitan areas new south wales australia data collected crosssectional online survey january 2016 august 2016 results respondents female 561 employed 707 lived sydney gt5 years 803 60 participants inadequately healthliterate brief health literacy screening tool score 16 level health literacy varied significantly based participants socioeconomic status regression analysis indicated health literacy reliable predictor healthpromoting behaviours including diet body mass index smoking alcohol consumption physical activity medical checkup conclusions studys findings significant implications health policy makers suggest health literacy encouraged included healthpromoting behaviour interventions amongst migrant populations