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 …

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 …

The formation of health literacy is thought to be a lifelong learning process beginning in
childhood, involving the acquisition of a diverse set of skills and experiences needed to …

Health literacy is a cross-cutting priority for transforming quality of health care in the United
States. The informative work of the articles published in this supplement to Pediatrics creates …

Although previous studies have demonstrated that children in out-of-home care present with
elevated levels of mental and physical health, educational, and behavioral problems, little is …

Background: Health illiteracy is a societal issue that, if addressed successfully, may help to
reduce health disparities. It has been associated with increased rates of hospital admission …

The nation's leading sources of morbidity and health disparities (eg, preterm birth, obesity,
chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, mental health disorders, and …

data highlight the influence of poor health literacy on health outcomes, including increased
mortality, lower patient satisfaction with care, lower quality of care, worse patient safety …

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

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Adolescents are required to take increased responsibility for
their health. Although health literacy is implicated in adults' health decision‐making and …