Literacy is a major social determinant of health, rooted in skills that develop during early
childhood. Children arriving at kindergarten unprepared to learn to read are more likely to …

Literacy is the ability to read, write and understand print. Proficiency in literacy is
fundamental to social inclusion and strongly linked to health outcomes. Thus, improving …

Many children enter kindergarten with poor health due to physical or emotional illness or
limitations in their social, emotional, or physical development (High and the Committee on …

Objectives To assess the prevalence of low health literacy among adolescents, young
adults, and child caregivers in the United States, the readability of common child-health …

The relationship between literacy and health outcomes are well documented in adult
medicine, yet specific causal pathways are not entirely clear. Despite an incomplete …

Importance Literacy has been described as an important social determinant of health. Its
components emerge in infancy and are dependent on genetic, medical, and environmental …

INTRODUCTION e relationship between literacy and health status has been highlighted as
a national and global priority. In 2003, the World Health Organization named health literacy …

The acquisition of literacy, from earliest emergent stages to full fluency with understanding
and selfexpression in written language, represents a distinct developmental trajectory …

Health literacy is an important issue to consider in the provision of health-care to children.
Similar to the adult population, most parents face health literacy challenges. Of particular …

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is the first pediatric, evidence-based strategy to prevent
problems of early childhood development and learning. With a start in a single clinic in …