Background: Anchorage, Alaska, has a large immigrant and refugee population. In fact, it is
one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States with almost 100 languages …

Background: Health literacy is an issue that is influenced by social determinants and
improved by community-based initiatives. Enhancing health literacy can lead to patient …

Individuals with low health literacy experience several challenges such as communicating
with the health care team, using available health resources and understanding health …

Adult Hispanic immigrants are at a greater risk of experiencing the negative outcomes
related to low health literacy, as they confront cultural and language barriers to the complex …

Health literacy is the ability to obtain and utilize health information in order to advocate for
one's health. It is paramount to a recent immigrant's successful integration into the Canadian …

Refugees and immigrants have adverse health outcomes after arriving in the United States.
These negative outcomes tend to be disproportionate to those of the general population …

A reliance on the conceptualization of health literacy as functional skill has limited
researchers' views of the adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) context as a site for …

Keeping up with the latest health issues and what they mean in our daily lives is challenging
for everyone—all the more so for newcomers with limited English proficiency and little …

Abstract Canyon Ranch Institute and Health Literacy Media are a 501 (c) 3 non-profit public
charity working to improve health based on the best evidence-based practices of health …

There is a critical need to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health information
for immigrant and refugee populations. This article discusses the challenges related to …