School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 14;18(2):657. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020657.
Large diasporas of former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants are found in the USA, Germany, and Israel. To synthesize evidence, identify limitations, and propose future directions we conducted an integrative review on the health literacy of FSU immigrants, migrants, or refugees in four languages. Following integrative review and PRISMA guidelines, we searched four databases in English and performed supplementary searches in Russian, German, and Hebrew to identify qualitative and quantitative studies on FSU immigrants and health literacy. Six articles met inclusion criteria in English and one in German; the majority were published in the last five years. Only two articles measured health literacy of FSU immigrants, which was lower than the general population. Four articles were about immigrants with a mean age ≥50 years. All articles stressed the value of translated, culturally relevant health information. The health literacy of FSU immigrants is understudied, despite clear needs. Future research should include assessments of FSU immigrants' health literacy and include diverse (e.g., age, gender) yet well-defined populations to determine both barriers and facilitators to their health literacy. This review, an example of a multilingual search, provided a comprehensive understanding of existing literature and is a useful approach for global health literacy research.
大型前苏联（FSU）移民侨民分布在美国、德国和以色列。为了综合证据、确定局限性并提出未来方向，我们以四种语言对 FSU 移民、移民或难民的健康素养进行了综合评价。根据综合评价和 PRISMA 指南，我们在英语数据库中进行了搜索，并在俄语、德语和希伯来语中进行了补充搜索，以确定关于 FSU 移民和健康素养的定性和定量研究。有 6 篇英文文章和 1 篇德文文章符合纳入标准；其中大多数是在过去五年内发表的。只有两篇文章测量了 FSU 移民的健康素养，其水平低于一般人群。四篇文章是关于年龄≥50 岁的移民。所有文章都强调了翻译和文化相关的健康信息的重要性。尽管存在明确的需求，但 FSU 移民的健康素养研究仍不足。未来的研究应包括对 FSU 移民健康素养的评估，并纳入不同（如年龄、性别）但明确界定的人群，以确定他们健康素养的障碍和促进因素。本综述是多语言搜索的一个范例，提供了对现有文献的全面理解，是全球健康素养研究的一种有用方法。
