Assessment of Factors Associated with Health Literacy Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
Afghan refugees in Pakistan lacked functional health literacy, critical health literacy, and overall health literacy. However, they have adequate communicative health literacy. This initial survey added new data on Afghans' health literacy levels, which could help stakeholders strengthen health promotion initiatives within the healthcare system to improve health outcomes.
Authors
- Gulzar H. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0954-3418)
- Rubeena Zakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9546-3742)
- Muhammad Zakria Zakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-9531)
- Atta Ur Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-3944)
- Tran Nguyen
- Ume Hani
Institutions
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (PK)
- Rawalpindi Medical University (PK)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- Georgia Southern University (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- Holy Family Hospital (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14081034
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00