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Volume 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-66

Building Information Resilience: How do Resettling Refugees Connect with Health Information in Regional Landscapes - Implications for Health Literacy (Article) (Open Access)

Lloyd A.*
  • a School of formation Studies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia

Abstract

The study explores how resettling refugees experience a new health environment and develop health literacy practice. The concept of information resilience, which emerges from the grounded experiences of learning to live well is introduced. The study also explores how health narratives are constructed, disseminated and circulated by this particular cohort. © 2014 © 2014 Australian Library & Information Association.

Author Keywords

Health literacy information-seeking Refugee health information use

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896442316&doi=10.1080%2f00048623.2014.884916&partnerID=40&md5=7147561d7e255d609a87561bfa9f207a
DOI: 10.1080/00048623.2014.884916
ISSN: 00048623
Cited by: 31
Original Language: English