Journal article
“I can’t read and don’t understand”: Health literacy and health messaging about folic acid for neural tube defect prevention in a migrant population on the Myanmar-Thailand border
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Health literacy is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of health outcomes, but definition, measurement tools, and interventions are lacking. Conceptual frameworks must include both individual and health-systems domains which, in combination, determine an individual’s health literacy. Validated tools lack applicability in marginalized populations with very low educational levels, such as migrant worker communities on the Myanmar-Thailand border. We undertake a comprehensive hea...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's Version
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0218138
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS One Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- e0218138
- Publication date:
- 2019-06-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-05-25
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1932-6203
- Pubs id:
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pubs:1023499
- URN:
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uri:6ba236d4-513d-4ac1-9cb5-058644ec5e0b
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uuid:6ba236d4-513d-4ac1-9cb5-058644ec5e0b
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- English
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- Gilder et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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© 2019 Gilder et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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