Josefin Wångdahl|Per Lytsy|Lena Mårtensson|Ragnar Westerling
Health literacy and refugees’ experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers – a Swedish cross-sectional study
Uppsala University|Uppsala University|University of Gothenburg|Uppsala University
purpose health examination asylum seekers countries identify poor health order secure wellbeing seekers asylum guarantee safety population host country functional health literacy individuals ability read information instructions health function effectively patient health system comprehensive health literacy individuals competence accessing understanding appraising applying health information little known refugees health literacy experiences health examination asylum seekers purposes study investigate refugees experiences communication health examination asylum seekers usefulness examination whether health literacy associated experiencesa crosssectional study made among 360 adult refugees speaking arabic dari somali english health literacy measured using swedish functional health literacy scale short european health literacy questionnaire experiences communication usefulness health examination measured several questions associations sought using univariate multivariate statistical modelsin health examination asylum seekers poor quality communication experienced 36 receiving little information health care 55 receiving little new knowledge 41 andor help 26 inadequate compared sufficient comprehensive health literacy associated experience poorer quality communication 964 ci 95 3252858 experience receiving little valuable health care information 654 ci 95 2451747 furthermore inadequate compared sufficient comprehensive health literacy associated experience receiving new knowledge 794 ci 95 3002106 receiving help health problems 807 95 ci 2502607 functional healthy literacy associated experiences hearefugees experiences indicate low level comprehensive health literacy act barrier fulfilling purposes health examination asylum seekers comprehensive health literacy seems greater importance context functional health literacy