Can extended health communication improve newly settled refugees' health literacy? A quasi-experimental study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT: 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 f

SUBMITTER: Al-Adhami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10908352 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature