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SUBMITTER: Bas-Sarmiento P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7663905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bas-Sarmiento Pilar P Poza-Méndez Miriam M Fernández-Gutiérrez Martina M González-Caballero Juan Luis JL Falcón Romero María M
International journal of environmental research and public health 20201105 21
Improving health literacy (HL) is critical for addressing health inequalities. Low literacy rates are believed to be more prevalent in ethnic minorities, which may have an impact on people's health. For measures to be implemented in this regard, HL must be evaluated to obtain specific indicators. Our aim, therefore, was to develop a version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16), which is recommended to be used with vulnerable populations, suited to Arabic/French-speak ...[more]