Migrant Health Literacy

Improving Health Literacy of all people is a main public health concern worldwide and to focus on those people at risk for low HL is mandatory to reduce health disparities.

Migrants are particularly at risk for low health literacy due to differences in spoken language, in common processes in the health care systems, in preferred ways of exchanging health related information, in struggles and priorities in daily health practice. This IHLA’s Interest Group on Migrants’ Health Literacy is motivated to contribute to the increasingly needed scientifical and practical knowledge on the health literacy of all migrant populations (work migrants, international students, refugees etc.) and any topics from describing the peculiarities of migrants’ health literacy, challenges they face, examples of good practice for improving migrants’ health literacy and multiple open questions. As it is not separable, we also touch on the topics of foreign/second language and different cultural preferences concerning health literacy. If you want to join in our discussion, activities and research, we are very happy to welcome you.