Refugee and Migrant Health Literacy Interventions in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
Health literacy
Immigrant
Migrant
Refugee
Systematic review
Journal
Journal of immigrant and minority health
ISSN: 1557-1920
Titre abrégé: J Immigr Minor Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101256527
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Historique:
accepted:
27
01
2021
pubmed:
27
2
2021
medline:
21
1
2022
entrez:
26
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Health literacy is a key determinant of health in refugee and migrant populations living in in high-income countries (HICs). We conducted a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) to characterize the scope, methodology, and outcomes of research on interventions aimed at improving health literacy among these vulnerable populations. We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases to identify RCTs of health literacy intervenions in our target population published between 1997 and 2018. The search yielded 23 RCTs (n = 5625 participants). Study demographics, health literacy topics, interventions, and outcome measures were heterogeneous but demonstrated overall positive results. Only two studies used a common health literacy measure. Few RCTs have been conducted to investigate interventions for improving the health literacy of refugees and migrants in HICs. The heterogeniety of health literacy outcome measures used impeded a robust comparison of intervention efficacy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33634370
doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01152-4
pii: 10.1007/s10903-021-01152-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
207-236Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.
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