caa a22 4500 606222103 CHVBK 20210128101132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0640-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0640-0 Health literacy and disability: differences between generations of Canadian immigrants [Elektronische Daten] [D. Omariba, Edward Ng] Objectives: To determine whether there are differences in disability by immigrant generation and region of origin and recency of arrival in Canada, and the role of health literacy in this relationship. Methods: A secondary analysis of the Canadian component of the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) was undertaken. Results: Compared to the third-plus generation, first-generation immigrants were less likely to report disability; these differences remained even after adjustment for sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors. No differences in disability were observed between the second- and third-plus generations. Among first-generation immigrants, those not from Europe or USA were less likely to report disability regardless of their duration in Canada. Health literacy was negatively associated with disability only in the analysis comparing generations of Canadians. However, its effect was largely accounted for by education, employment status and income. Conclusions: First-generation immigrants were less likely to be disabled than the other generations. Education, employment and income provide important avenues through which individuals develop health literacy. Health literacy was not associated with disability among first-generation immigrants perhaps because health literacy is low in this group. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Disability nationallicence Health literacy nationallicence Immigrants nationallicence Immigrant generations nationallicence Omariba D. Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, 439 Paterson Hall, 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Ng Edward Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 3105-451 Smyth Road, Roger-Guindon Building, K1H 8M5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 389-397 1661-8556 60:3<389 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0640-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0640-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Omariba D. Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, 439 Paterson Hall, 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ng Edward Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 3105-451 Smyth Road, Roger-Guindon Building, K1H 8M5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 389-397 1661-8556 60:3<389 2015 60 38