Impact of health literacy on pregnancy outcomes in socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy, influenced by sociodemographic characteristics such as ethnicity, economic means and societal factors, affects the ways in which pregnant women maintain their health; this in turn may increase risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Objective

To explore what is known about the impact of personal health literacy on prevention of stillbirth and related adverse outcomes in pregnant women of low socioeconomic status or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Search strategy

MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and CENTRAL were searched as well as reference lists of included studies and gray literature.

Selection criteria

Included studies focused on personal health literacy and stillbirth prevention in women from low socioeconomic or ethnic minority backgro

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11649848 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature