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 …

OBJECTIVES: To review the relationship between parent and child literacy and child health
outcomes and interventions designed to improve child health outcomes for children or …

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

Objectives To systematically review and synthesize literature on the relationship between
health literacy and health behaviors in adolescents. Methods Searches in PsychInfo …

Background: Health literacy has been found to be a crucial component of successful
communication and navigation in health care. Various tools have been developed to …

Background Low health literacy in parents can potentially impact understanding of a child's
diagnosis and treatment course. No reviews have addressed parent health literacy in the …

The US Department of Health and Human Services recently called for action on health
literacy. An important first step is defining the current state of the literature about …

Research linking literacy skills to health outcomes firmly began after the publication of
findings from adult literacy surveys conducted in 22 industrialized nations in the early part of …

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 …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Health literacy is crucial to develop health‐related knowledge,
adopt healthy lifestyles, and benefit from health care services. However, research on the …