Health literacy measures are not worse in an urban district high in migration and unemployment compared to a citywide and a national sample

ConclusionIn the light of previous studies, reporting on associations of health literacy measures with social determinants, such as migration and employment status, the sample of Favoriten might well have been expected to result in impaired health literacy measures. Our results do not support this assumption, though. Despite the limited external validity of this study, policymakers and practitioners may be advised to design health literacy measures in such a way that specifically reaches out to the socially disadvantaged target population and not focus merely on pertinent districts or regions.
Source: Journal of Public Health - Category: Health Management Source Type: research