Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Jun 15;67:1604664. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604664. eCollection 2022.
Understand the COVID-19-related health literacy of socioeconomically vulnerable migrant groups. We conducted a survey available in 8 languages among 2,354 members of the target population in Switzerland in 2020. We measured health literacy in four dimensions (finding, understanding, evaluating and applying health information) and assessed adherence to official recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most migrants felt well informed about the pandemic. Using an extended index of health literacy, we found a moderate correlation ( = -0.28 [-0.24, -0.32]) between COVID-19-related health literacy and socioeconomic vulnerability. The most socioeconomically vulnerable migrants tended to have more difficulty finding and understanding health information about COVID-19 and adhered more to unscientific theses that were not part of the official communication. Special communication efforts by public health authorities have reached most migrants, but socioeconomic vulnerability can be a barrier to taking precautions.
了解社会经济弱势群体与 COVID-19 相关的健康素养。我们在 2020 年于瑞士以 8 种语言对目标人群中的 2354 名成员进行了一项调查。我们从四个维度（寻找、理解、评估和应用健康信息）衡量了健康素养，并评估了他们在 COVID-19 大流行期间对官方建议的遵守情况。大多数移民对大流行感到信息灵通。使用扩展的健康素养指数，我们发现 COVID-19 相关健康素养与社会经济脆弱性之间存在中度相关性（= -0.28 [-0.24，-0.32]）。最弱势的社会经济移民在寻找和理解 COVID-19 健康信息方面往往更加困难，并且更倾向于接受不符合官方沟通内容的非科学理论。公共卫生当局的特别宣传工作已经覆盖了大多数移民，但社会经济脆弱性可能会成为采取预防措施的障碍。
