Health literacy interventions for immigrant populations: a systematic review

International Nursing Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 54-64

  Fernandez Gutierrez M ^a   Bas Sarmiento, P ^a   Albar Marin M J ^b   Paloma Castro, O ^a   Romero Sanchez J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural Competence; Health Literacy; Intervention; Migrant Population; Nursing; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MEDLINE; NURSING OUTCOMES CLASSIFICATION; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING; REVIEW; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 85042122457     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12373     Document Type: Review

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