Health Literacy in Africa-A Scoping Review of Scientific Publications.

Kristine Sørensen, Verena Knoll, Neida Ramos, Millicent Boateng, Guda Alemayehu, Laura Schamberger, Stefanie Harsch
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Africa's health landscape is rapidly changing, requiring new solutions such as a focus on health literacy. However, there is currently a limited overview of the development and application of health literacy in African countries and societies. This scoping review aims to analyze scientific publications on health literacy in Africa with regards to research approaches, historical developments, geographic origins, target populations and settings, and topical interests. The research followed Arksey and O'Malley six steps of scoping reviews and employed the Joanna Briggs Institute's PCC method for search string formulation and the PRISMA-SCR checklist for reporting. On 11 July 2022, the following six databases were searched for scientific articles including included reports, policy briefs, book chapters, and research publications: PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, ERIC, African Journals Online, and African Index Medicus. A total of 336 articles were identified. The research team co-developed a codebook and three researchers independently extracted data. The analysis provided the most comprehensive overview of the current scope and scale of health literacy in Africa to date. The publications represented 37 of the 54 African Union countries and dated back to 2001, although most were published in the last decade. The content analysis identified 13 broad themes, including mental health, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, maternal health, digital health, information and communication, health care, prevention and health promotion, conceptual perspectives, cultural perspectives, and outcomes and measurement. The analysis of target groups revealed a wide range of actors involved in different settings, mostly in health care or community settings. These comprehensive and novel findings can be used to prioritize future actions for public and professional capacity building, policy development, and improved practice to improve health literacy for all in Africa.

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非洲的卫生知识普及--科学出版物的范围审查。
非洲的卫生环境正在发生迅速变化,需要新的解决方案,如注重卫生知识扫盲。然而,目前对非洲国家和社会中卫生知识扫盲的发展和应用情况的概述十分有限。本范围界定综述旨在从研究方法、历史发展、地理起源、目标人群和环境以及主题兴趣等方面分析有关非洲卫生知识普及的科学出版物。研究遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的范围界定综述六步骤,并采用 Joanna Briggs 研究所的 PCC 方法制定检索字符串,以及 PRISMA-SCR 核对表进行报告。2022 年 7 月 11 日,我们在以下六个数据库中搜索了科学文章,包括报告、政策简报、书籍章节和研究出版物:PubMed、PsycINFO、Cochrane Library、ERIC、African Journals Online 和 African Index Medicus。共确定了 336 篇文章。研究小组共同开发了一个编码手册,由三名研究人员独立提取数据。该分析提供了迄今为止最全面的非洲卫生知识普及范围和规模概览。这些出版物代表了非洲联盟 54 个国家中的 37 个国家,时间可追溯到 2001 年,但大多数都是在过去十年中发表的。内容分析确定了 13 个广泛的主题,包括心理健康、传染性疾病、非传染性疾病、孕产妇健康、数字健康、信息与传播、医疗保健、预防与健康促进、概念视角、文化视角以及结果与衡量。对目标群体的分析表明,不同环境中的参与者范围很广,大多是在医疗保健或社区环境中。这些全面而新颖的研究结果可用于确定未来行动的优先次序,促进公共和专业能力建设、政策制定和实践改进,以提高非洲全民健康素养。
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期刊介绍: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) (ISSN 1660-4601) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, and short communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. It links several scientific disciplines including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, ecology, engineering, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, oncology, pathology, pharmacology, and toxicology, in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to environmental quality and public health. Therefore, IJERPH focuses on the publication of scientific and technical information on the impacts of natural phenomena and anthropogenic factors on the quality of our environment, the interrelationships between environmental health and the quality of life, as well as the socio-cultural, political, economic, and legal considerations related to environmental stewardship and public health. The 2018 IJERPH Outstanding Reviewer Award has been launched! This award acknowledge those who have generously dedicated their time to review manuscripts submitted to IJERPH. See full details at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/awards.
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