Gesundheitswesen
Volume 78, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 708-710

Differences in Health Literacy of Adolescents with Lower Educational Attainment, Older People and Migrants [Unterschiede der Gesundheitskompetenz von Jugendlichen mit niedriger Bildung, Älteren und Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund] (Article)

Quenzel G.* , Vogt D. , Schaeffer D.
  • a Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg, Universität Bielefeld, Liechtensteinerstrae 33-37, Feldkirch, A-6800, Austria
  • b Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Germany
  • c Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Germany

Abstract

Not everyone seems to have adequate health literacy to take care of their own health. Especially older people, people with migration background, and adolescents with lower educational attainment face challenges when dealing with the healthcare system. Our cross-sectional study focuses on these vulnerable groups. We found that vulnerable populations showed high prevalence of limited health literacy, and there were considerable differences between these groups. Older people were more likely to have limited health literacy compared to younger people. Older people with migration background had the lowest health literacy. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York.

Author Keywords

Migrants vulnerable population Elderly Health literacy Adolescents

Index Keywords

Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population Germany educational status human epidemiology middle aged statistics and numerical data Aged Young Adult Humans migrant Adolescent male female Aged, 80 and over very elderly prevalence adult health education migration utilization age distribution Transients and Migrants mental capacity health literacy
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988443552&doi=10.1055%2fs-0042-113605&partnerID=40&md5=374ca0e13aea86d873199c06f3becc79
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-113605
ISSN: 09413790
Cited by: 8
Original Language: German