Fitting Health Care to People: Understanding and Adapting to the Epidemiology and Health Literacy of People Affected by Viral Hepatitis from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrant Backgrounds

Autor: Gary K. F. Chang, Burglind Liddle, Paul J. Clark, Suzanne Williams, Belaynew W Taye, Donata Sackey, Aidan J. Woodward, Patricia C. Valery
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 24:1196-1205
ISSN: 1557-1920
1557-1912
Popis: This study explored the epidemiology and health literacy of people affected by viral hepatitis (VH) from migrant culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds attending a community-based general practitioner and specialty hepatology shared-care (HEPREACH) clinic in Brisbane, Australia. Patient-reported data on health literacy and clinical information from adult patients (n = 66) of CALD background recruited from the liver clinic were analyzed. Health literacy was assessed using a 5-question, 12-point scale. Variance weighted multiple linear regression was used to identify factors associated with knowledge about VH. About three-quarters of patients (74.2%) were diagnosed with hepatitis B. The median knowledge score was 7.8 (interquartile range [IQR] 6‒9). One in five patients did not understand the infective nature of VH, 30.3% did not understand mother-to-child transmission risk, and 30–40% of patients thought activities such as kissing, sharing food or mosquito bites could spread VH. Only 6% of patients understood the risk of liver cancer and the need for regular screening. Higher educational level (secondary, β = 4.8, p
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