Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, AfghanistanAfghanistanHLS-EU-QHealth literacyHealth-behaviorIlliterateLow-income countryWomenCopyright © 2021 Harsch, Jawid, Jawid, Saboga-Nunes, Sørensen, Sahrai and Bittlingmayer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.Background: Health literacy is a determinant of health and assessed globally to inform the development of health interventions. However, little is known about health literacy in countries with one of the poorest health indicators worldwide, such as Afghanistan. Studies worldwide demonstrate that women play a key role in developing health literacy. Hence, this study's purpose is to explore health literacy of women in Afghanistan and the associated factors. Methods: From May to June 2017, we randomly recruited 7-10 women per day at the hospital in Ghazni, a representative province of Afghanistan. Two trained female interviewers interviewed 322 women (15-61 years old) orally in Dari or Pashto on a voluntary basis and assessed their health literacy using the HLS-EU-Q16, associated socio-demographics, and health behavior. Results: Health literacy of women (among educated and illiterates) is low even compared to other Asian countries. Health literacy is linked to age and education. We found mixed evidence of the relationship between health literacy and contextual factors, help-seeking, and health-related behavior. Conclusion: This study provides novel data on health literacy and astonishing insights into its association with health behavior of women in Afghanistan, thus contributing to health status. The study calls for recognition of health literacy as a public health challenge be addressed in Afghanistan and other low-income countries affected by crises.FrontiersRepositório da Universidade de LisboaHarsch, StefanieJawid, AsadullahJawid, EbrahimSaboga-Nunes, LuisSørensen, KristineSahrai, DianaBittlingmayer, Uwe H.2022-09-06T11:38:52Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/54335engFront Public Health. 2021 Mar 4;9:62933410.3389/fpubh.2021.6293342296-2565info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:00:01Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/54335Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:04:48.410006Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan Harsch, Stefanie Afghanistan HLS-EU-Q Health literacy Health-behavior Illiterate Low-income country Women |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan |
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Harsch, Stefanie |
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Harsch, Stefanie Jawid, Asadullah Jawid, Ebrahim Saboga-Nunes, Luis Sørensen, Kristine Sahrai, Diana Bittlingmayer, Uwe H. |
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Jawid, Asadullah Jawid, Ebrahim Saboga-Nunes, Luis Sørensen, Kristine Sahrai, Diana Bittlingmayer, Uwe H. |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Harsch, Stefanie Jawid, Asadullah Jawid, Ebrahim Saboga-Nunes, Luis Sørensen, Kristine Sahrai, Diana Bittlingmayer, Uwe H. |
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Afghanistan HLS-EU-Q Health literacy Health-behavior Illiterate Low-income country Women |
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Afghanistan HLS-EU-Q Health literacy Health-behavior Illiterate Low-income country Women |
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Copyright © 2021 Harsch, Jawid, Jawid, Saboga-Nunes, Sørensen, Sahrai and Bittlingmayer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
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