Keywords: Refugee Literacy

Improving health literacy in refugee populations.

doi: 10.5694/mja15.01112 Hunderstand basic health information and health services to make appropriate decisions about their health. Low health literacy is inextricably linked to poor health outcomes. Individuals with limited health literacy have higher rates of illness and more hospitalisations. Acquiring good health is a process that requires access to health care and health knowledge to infor...

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Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage

BACKGROUND Record numbers of people, across the world, are forced to be displaced because of conflict or other violations of their human rights, thus becoming refugees. Often, refugees not only have a higher burden of disease but also compromised access to healthcare, as they face many barriers, such as limited knowledge of the local language. However, there is very limited knowledge on the liv...