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 …

Objective Assess the effect of pictorial health information on patients' and consumers' health
behaviors and outcomes, evaluate these effects in lower health literacy populations, and …

Medication administration errors that take place in the home are common, especially when
liquid preparations are used and complex medication schedules with multiple medications …

The selection and design of age-appropriate formulations intended for use in paediatric and
geriatric patients are dependent on multiple factors affecting patient acceptability, safety and …

For decades, health literacy has been used to describe the ability of individuals to locate,
interpret, and apply health information to their decisions. The US Department of Health and …

Objective Hispanic parents in the United States are disproportionately affected by low health
literacy and limited English proficiency (LEP). We examined associations between health …

Health literacy refers to the ability of a patient to obtain, communicate, process, and
understand basic information related to health and services. It is estimated that the majority …

METHODS: This study involved a randomized controlled experiment in 3 pediatric clinics.
English-and Spanish-speaking parents (n= 491) of children≤ 8 years old were randomly …

Background Many hospitalised patients are affected by medication errors (MEs) that may
cause discomfort, harm and even death. Children are at especially high risk of harm as the …

Background With concerns about the medication literacy skills of patients comes the need to
develop various types of information materials that will enhance understanding and drug …