When to see a doctor for common health problems: distribution patterns of functional health literacy across migrant populations in Switzerland

Sabine Ackermann Rau, Sibel Sakarya and Thomas Abel ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 6, 967-974

Abstract: We present empirical evidence of unequal distribution of help-seeking knowledge across four migrant populations in Switzerland. Our findings contribute to current conceptual developments in health literacy, and provide starting points for future research. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Health literacy; Help-seeking knowledge; Migrants’ health; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0583-5

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