Josefin Wångdahl|Per Lytsy|Lena Mårtensson|Ragnar Westerling
Poor health and refraining from seeking healthcare are associated with comprehensive health literacy among refugees: a Swedish cross-sectional study
Uppsala University|Uppsala University|University of Gothenburg|Uppsala University
objectives study explore distributions comprehensive health literacy chl general health psychological wellbeing refrained seeking healthcare among refugees sweden objectives examine associations chl abovementioned factorsa crosssectional study conducted among 513 refugees speaking arabic dari somali participants civic orientation course sweden responded questionnaire chl measured using hlseuq16 questionnaire uni multivariate logistic regression used investigate potential associationsthe majority respondents limited chl four ten reported poor health andor refrained seeking healthcare limited chl associated reported poor health refrained seeking healthcarea considerable proportion refugees sweden limited chl report less good health impaired wellbeing refrained seeking healthcare furthermore chl associated abovementioned factors efforts needed promote refugees chl optimal healthseeking behavior health