Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan

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Autor(a) principal: Harsch, Stefanie
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Jawid, Asadullah, Jawid, Ebrahim, Saboga-Nunes, Luis, Sørensen, Kristine, Sahrai, Diana, Bittlingmayer, Uwe H.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54335
Resumo: 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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spelling 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
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
title Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
spellingShingle 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
title_short Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
title_full Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
title_fullStr Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
title_sort Health literacy and health behavior among women in Ghazni, Afghanistan
author Harsch, Stefanie
author_facet Harsch, Stefanie
Jawid, Asadullah
Jawid, Ebrahim
Saboga-Nunes, Luis
Sørensen, Kristine
Sahrai, Diana
Bittlingmayer, Uwe H.
author_role author
author2 Jawid, Asadullah
Jawid, Ebrahim
Saboga-Nunes, Luis
Sørensen, Kristine
Sahrai, Diana
Bittlingmayer, Uwe H.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Harsch, Stefanie
Jawid, Asadullah
Jawid, Ebrahim
Saboga-Nunes, Luis
Sørensen, Kristine
Sahrai, Diana
Bittlingmayer, Uwe H.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Afghanistan
HLS-EU-Q
Health literacy
Health-behavior
Illiterate
Low-income country
Women
topic Afghanistan
HLS-EU-Q
Health literacy
Health-behavior
Illiterate
Low-income country
Women
description 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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