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Health literacy and the Sustainable Development Goals: role of nurses in migrant’s communities
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Autoren
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Andreia Costa
- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Lisbon, Portugal; Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Portugal
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P. Silva
- Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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A. Henriques
- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Lisbon, Portugal; Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Portugal
| Veröffentlicht: | 5. Juli 2021 |
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Background: Nurses' interventions are essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely in the intervention in migrants due to increased vulnerability in the development of health problems associated with social determinants of health. The promotion of health literacy is essential for reducing inequity.
Objectives: To map the importance of nurses' intervention with the migrant population in the promotion of health literacy.
Methods: Scoping review was conducted with research at CINAHL and Medline over the past ten years.
Results: We identified 151 articles of which 20 were selected for analysis. Migrants first resort to hospital emergency services, relegating health promotion and highlighting the need to enhance health literacy related to the functioning of the health system [1]. Addressing health inequalities involves working with vulnerable people, such as migrants, and health literacy is essential for navigating the complex health system of another country [2]. Culturally diverse media with low levels of health literacy benefit from multifaceted interventions with varied and culturally appropriate strategies.
Conclusion: Better health literacy rates will lead to better health outcomes for migrants [3]. Nurses care for people in any context, with a view to social justice, reducing inequality through intervention in social determinants of health, such as health literacy, in order to meet the SDGs that can affect everyone's health.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interests.
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