Health literacy and primary health care use of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands

Background: In the Netherlands, ethnic minority populations visit their general practitioner (GP) more often than the indigenous population. An explanation for this association is lacking. Recently, health literacy is suggested as a possible explaining mechanism. Internationally, associations between health literacy and health care use, and between ethnicity and health literacy have been studied separately, but, so far, have not been linked to each other. In the Netherlands, some expectations have been expressed with regard to supposed low health literacy of ethnic minority groups, however, no... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van der Gaag, Marieke
van der Heide, Iris
Spreeuwenberg, Peter M. M.
Brabers, Anne E. M.
Rademakers, Jany J. D. J. M.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: van der Gaag , M , van der Heide , I , Spreeuwenberg , P M M , Brabers , A E M & Rademakers , J J D J M 2017 , ' Health literacy and primary health care use of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands ' , BMC Health Services Research , vol. 17 , 350 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2276-2
Schlagwörter: Health literacy / Ethnic minorities / General practitioner / Primary care / QUESTIONNAIRE HLQ / PUBLIC-HEALTH / DISPARITIES / SYSTEM / POPULATIONS / BEHAVIORS / EDUCATION / PATTERNS / SERVICES / ACCESS
Sprache: Englisch
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