Can extended health communication improve newly settled refugees' health literacy? A quasi-experimental study from Sweden.
Structural and contextual factors such as limited work and housing opportunities negatively affect the health and well-being of newly settled refugee migrants in receiving high-income countries. Health promotion initiatives aiming at strengthening health and integration have been tried out within th...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion International Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2024
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