Health literacy and refugees' experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers - A Swedish cross-sectional study Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wångdahl, Josefin ^a   Lytsy, Per ^a   Mårtensson, Lena ^b   Westerling, Ragnar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health examination; Health literacy; Health promotion; HLS EU Q16; Refugees; S FHL; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASYLUM SEEKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SPEECH; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; REFUGEES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947936132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2513-8     Document Type: Article

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