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Can extended health communication improve newly settled refugees’ health literacy? A quasi-experimental study from Sweden
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- Al Adhami, Maissa, Doctoral candidate, 1972- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin/CHAP,Research and Learning for Sustainable Development and Global Health (SWEDESD), Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University , Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 752 37 Uppsala , Sweden
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- Durbeej, Natalie (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin/CHAP
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- Daryani, Achraf (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Vårdvetenskap
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- Wångdahl, Josefin (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Larsson, Elin C. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Uppsala universitet,SWEDESD - Centrum för forskning och utbildning om lärande för hållbar utveckling,Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet , Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77 Stockholm , Sweden;Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet , Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 171 65 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Salari, Raziye (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin/CHAP
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- Oxford University Press, 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: Health Promotion International. - : Oxford University Press. - 0957-4824 .- 1460-2245. ; 39:2
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- Structural and contextual factors such as limited work and housing opportunities negatively affect the health and well-being of newly settled refugee migrants in receiving high-income countries. Health promotion initiatives aiming at strengthening health and integration have been tried out within the Swedish Introduction program for refugee migrants. However, longitudinal evaluations of these interventions are rare. The aim of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of a regular and an extended civic orientation course with added health communication and examine whether the latter would improve self-rated health and psychological well-being, health literacy and social capital among newly settled refugee migrants in Sweden. Pre- and post-assessment questionnaires were collected from the intervention group receiving the extended course (n = 143) and a control group receiving the regular course (n = 173). Linear mixed models and chi-square analyses showed a significant increase with a small effect size (0.21) in health literacy in the intervention group. However, there were no significant changes in emotional and practical support, general self-rated health or psychological well-being. The findings indicate that added health communication provided embedded in the civic orientation course can increase health literacy. However, further longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the sustainability of the observed effect and examine whether these short-term improvements in health literacy translate to long-term advances in health and integration.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
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