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Unpacking the Public Health Triad of Social Inequality in Health, Health Literacy, and Quality of Life—A Scoping Review of Research Characteristics

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  • Heidi Holmen

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, 4950 Oslo, Norway)

  • Tone Flølo

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    Department of Surgery, Voss Hospital, Haukeland University Hospital, 5704 Voss, Norway
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Christine Tørris

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Borghild Løyland

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Kari Almendingen

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Ann Kristin Bjørnnes

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Elena Albertini Früh

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Ellen Karine Grov

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Sølvi Helseth

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Rosah Malambo

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Nina Misvær

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Anurajee Rasalingam

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Kirsti Riiser

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Ida Hellum Sandbekken

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Ana Carla Schippert

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Bente Sparboe-Nilsen

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden)

  • Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Torill Sæterstrand

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Inger Utne

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Lisbeth Valla

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (RBUP), 0484 Oslo, Norway)

  • Anette Winger

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

  • Astrid Torbjørnsen

    (Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway)

Abstract

Social inequalities in health, health literacy, and quality of life serve as distinct public health indicators, but it remains unclear how and to what extent they are applied and combined in the literature. Thus, the characteristics of the research have yet to be established, and we aim to identify and describe the characteristics of research that intersects social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life. We conducted a scoping review with systematic searches in ten databases. Studies applying any design in any population were eligible if social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life were combined. Citations were independently screened using Covidence. The search yielded 4111 citations, with 73 eligible reports. The reviewed research was mostly quantitative and aimed at patient populations in a community setting, with a scarcity of reports specifically defining and assessing social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life, and with only 2/73 citations providing a definition for all three. The published research combining social inequality in health, health literacy, and quality of life is heterogeneous regarding research designs, populations, contexts, and geography, where social inequality appears as a contextualizing variable.

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  • Heidi Holmen & Tone Flølo & Christine Tørris & Borghild Løyland & Kari Almendingen & Ann Kristin Bjørnnes & Elena Albertini Früh & Ellen Karine Grov & Sølvi Helseth & Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme & Rosah Ma, 2023. "Unpacking the Public Health Triad of Social Inequality in Health, Health Literacy, and Quality of Life—A Scoping Review of Research Characteristics," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2023:i:1:p:36-:d:1308145
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    1. Anna Aaby & Karina Friis & Bo Christensen & Helle Terkildsen Maindal, 2020. "Health Literacy among People in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Associations with Participation and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Heart Skills Study in Denmark," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-12, January.
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