Josefin Wångdahl|Ulrica Nilsson|Karin Dahlberg|Maria Jaensson|Lina Bergman
Health literacy and e-health literacy among Arabic speaking migrants in Sweden
Uppsala University|Karolinska Institutet|Karolinska University Hospital|Örebro University|Örebro University|Karolinska Institutet
abstract background health inequities arise public cannot access understand health information easy accessible understandable way may partly due limited health literacy hl migrants may limited hl subgroup may limited hl migrants study explored comprehensive health literacy chl electronic health literacy ehl among arabicspeaking migrants sweden methods crosssectional observational study conducted sweden year 2019 data collected among swedish arabic speakers health literacy survey european questionnaire hlseuq16 ehealth literacy scale eheals questions selfperceived health internet use arabic speakers chl ehl compared native swedish speakers various statistical analyses performed determine associations predictors limited chl ehl results total 681 respondents included analysis chl ehl differed native arabicspeaking migrants native swedish speakers arabic speaking migrants significantly lower chl ehl mean sum scores predictors limited chl ehl arabic speaking less internet use finding internet important useful time spent sweden associated higher levels chl ehl conclusions chl ehl differ arabicspeaking migrants native swedish speakers difference ehl smaller difference chl difference chl ehl related time spent sweden internet therefore seen appropriate channel disseminating health information arabicspeaking migrants sweden key messages internet considered appropriate channel distribute health information arabicspeaking migrants sweden time spent sweden associated higher ehl chl levels among arabicspeaking migrants