Improving cervical cancer health literacy in Arabic-speaking immigrant women in the United States through an online patient education tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low health literacy rates especially among the medically underserved have called for more understandable and actionable resources to involve patients in their health. The online audio-visual Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet) cervical cancer tool was shown to improve cervical cancer health literacy among marginalized English- and Spanish-speaking populations and Arab and Afghan immigrants in a group setting.

Objective

This study aimed to determine whether or not the cervical cancer tool positively impacts health literacy for Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern or North African first- and second-generation immigrant women in the United States when self-administered.

Design

In this single-group pre-post interventional study, a convenience sample of 95 Arabic-s

SUBMITTER: Zayed AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869258 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature