RT journal article
T1 Assessment of health literacy among migrant populations in Southern Spain: A cross-sectional study
A1 Poza Méndez, Miriam
A1 Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
A1 Erahmouni, Ismail
A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Martina
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 assessment
K1 health literacy
K1 migrants
AB Aim: The aim of this study was to measure of health literacy in the migrant populationand establish a type of immigrant profile with a higher risk of presenting low levels ofhealth literacy.Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study.Methods: Health literacy was measured in a total of 278 immigrants using HLSEU-Q16. An inferential descriptive and multiple regression analysis was carried out.Results: 65.1% having inadequate and problematic health literacy. Significant correlations were found between health literacy and length of stay in Spain (r = .398), age(r = .178p) and perceived social status (r = .151). Participants with shorter length ofstay (β = .405 1), without health sciences education (β = .205) and low education level(β = .182) had limited health literacy.
PB Wiley
SN 2054-1058
YR 2022
FD 2022-12-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29378
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29378
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026