Health literacy of Iraqi immigrant adults: pilot study

Hatamleh, Jilan

doi:10.5430/ijh.v2n1p121

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“… 22 Therefore, we chose the AAHLS survey tool, as it was reliable, had a validated Arabic version, was sensitive, quick, easy to use in the community, and encompasses a range of competencies of FUN, COM, and CR HL. 16 , 17 , 19 Our results on factor analysis further strengthened our assumptions to carry out the survey using the AAHLS tool. The overall Cronbach’s alpha value for the survey tool was 0.74, and the overall McDonald’s omega coefficients of the factors was 0.81.…”

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“…The validated questionnaire in Arabic version was employed for use with the study participants. 19 The survey contained two sections: section one included the sociodemographic and health information variables of age (categorized into 17–30, 31–45, 46–60, and > 61), gender, marital status, educational level, employment status, self-rating of general health, long-term sickness, and the last visit to the general physician (GP). Section two contained the AAHLS scale.…”

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Levels and Determinants of Health Literacy in Bahrain’s Community Context

Asokan¹,

Yusuf

Kirubakaran

et al. 2020

Oman Med J

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Objectives: We sought to assess health literacy (HL) and its associated factors in the Bahraini community using a validated HL scale and address its deficient domains to inform policy. Methods: We carried out a conveniently sampled, cross-sectional survey using the All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale in the Bahraini community. The scale has three key aspects: basic or functional HL (FUN-4 items), which corresponds to basic reading and writing skills, and knowledge of health conditions and health systems; communicative or interactive HL (COM-3 items) on communicative and social skills to extract information from different forms of communication; and critical HL (CR-4 items), the advanced cognitive and social skills to critically analyze information and exert greater control over life events and situations relating to individual and community level wellbeing goals. We examined the association between sociodemographic and health information for the survey tool items using the chi-square test. The relationship between total scale score and subscale scores of the three domains of the survey tool to sociodemographic and health information was investigated using the t-test and ANOVA. Results: Of the 836 participants (mean age = 26.6 years), single (64.0%) and university students (76.6%) were predominant; 15.6% reported long-term sickness and visited the general physician often. The highest mean item scores were for empowerment (1.8) and lowest for functional HL (0.1). The significant domain-specific responses to the survey tool items were 12 for critical HL, 10 for functional HL, six for communicative HL, and five for empowerment. Participants aged < 30 years old, female, married, pursuing/completed Master’s program, employed, and whose self-rating of health was excellent had higher total HL scores. Conclusions: Older, less educated respondents with a poor self-rating of health had low HL scores. We recommend further studies to address the relative importance of functional, interactive, and critical HL in the community to promote health outcomes.

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Levels and Determinants of Health Literacy in Bahrain’s Community Context

Asokan¹,

Yusuf

Kirubakaran

et al. 2020

Oman Med J

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“…Persons with low levels of health literacy may often feel embarrassed due to inadequate language skills and may need support to access health care resources and gain confidence to navigate the systems [16]. Different countries may define health literacy in other terms such as health awareness, health communication, health promotion, health beliefs, and communication for healthy living, wherefore the term health literacy may seem unfamiliar [4]. Some research shows that health care providers may not be equipped to understand and deal with cultural differences, which may affect patient-provider communication in understanding seriousness of disease, management of disease, health status and treatment options [23].…”

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Review of Health Literacy and Nutrition-Related Research in the Middle East

Wikkeling-Scott

Rikard

2017

AJNE

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Aim: In the Middle East where nutrition-related diseases continue to be on the rise, health literacy related research may provide meaningful insight to patientprovider communication, nutrition and general health behavior, to improve health outcomes. Yet, little is known about health literacy in the region. We provide insight into the current research on health literacy and nutrition-related outcomes in the region. Methods: English-language articles were identified using relevant keywords to search PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and ProQuest Middle East & African.Inclusion criteria were quantitative and qualitative studies of any design focused on health literacy and nutrition-related health outcomes in the Middle East. We identified 22 unduplicated articles that met inclusion criteria. Results: To date, only three studies employ a validated health literacy measure to examine the relationship between health literacy and nutrition-related disease outcomes (e.g., diabetes, overweight, and obesity). However, the research findings from the three studies

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Prevalence and determinants of health literacy among the adult population of Qatar

Ahmed,

Kehyayan,

Abdou

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionHealth literacy (HL) is both a direct determinant and a mediator of health outcomes. Research on the prevalence and determinants of HL in terms of its functional, communicative, and critical domains is scarce in the state of Qatar and its surrounding regions. Thus, this study aims to fill the knowledge gap in this area, estimate the levels of functional, communicative, and critical health literacy among the general adult population, and identify its determinants in the state of Qatar.MethodsAn analytical cross-sectional study with a disproportionate stratified random sampling technique was conducted in 2022. A representative sample of phone numbers was obtained from the Cerner database at Hamad Medical Corporation and approached via well-trained data collectors. A socio-demographic and health-relevant factor questionnaire and the validated All Aspects of Health Literacy scale (AAHLS) were used to collect the data on functional, communicative, and critical HL and their determinants. Descriptive analysis, independent sample t-test, ANOVA, and linear regression were used and yielded the outcomes on HL levels as low, adequate, and high in percentages and the HL determinants.ResultsA total of 770 participants were included. The study found that 41.5%, 29.3%, and 29.2% of them have adequate, high, and low overall HL levels consecutively. People who participated in the study are older adult, are of Arabic ethnicity, are of Qatari ethnicity, have a lower level of education, have close relatives with a lower level of education, have a lower income, are non-migrants, are not living within a family, sought medical care within the last week, and who do not know if they have a chronic disease or do not have lower overall HL levels compared to the other groups. After linear regression analysis, only the participant's level of education and “last time sought medical care within last week” variable predict the overall HL score.ConclusionAlmost half of Qatar's adult population has an adequate HL level, comparable to the HL levels in other regions, despite the limitation in comparison due to variation in context and the HL measurement tools used. The possible determinants are amenable factors to focus on while designing HL interventions and providing healthcare.

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Health literacy of Iraqi immigrant adults: pilot study

Cited by 3 publications

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Levels and Determinants of Health Literacy in Bahrain’s Community Context

Levels and Determinants of Health Literacy in Bahrain’s Community Context

Review of Health Literacy and Nutrition-Related Research in the Middle East

Prevalence and determinants of health literacy among the adult population of Qatar

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