The adaptation of Turkish health literacy scale for literate Syrian adult refugees living in Turkey: a reliability-validity study.

Şevkat Bahar ÖzvarışBahar Güçiz DoğanHande Konşuk ÜnlüGamze AktunaTacettin İnandıA Öner KurtNeriman AydınM Tezer Kutluk

Published in: Conflict and health (2021)

In conclusion, the adapted HLS would be a reliable instrument to evaluate the health-literacy level of Syrian refugees living in Turkey and could allow for a comparison of the host country's health literacy level to that of the refugees using the same scale.

Keyphrases

health information
social media
healthcare
patient reported outcomes
young adults