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 …

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 …

Clinicians who care for children with asthma have an obligation to coordinate asthma care
with the schools. Aside from routine clinical care of asthmatic children, providers must …

Background: Mental disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are
common, incapacitating, and have the potential to be fatal. Despite the prevalence and …

Introduction: Asthma is a chronic airway disease that can be difficult to manage, resulting in
poor outcomes and high costs. Asthma action plans assist patients with self-management …

Background Technology, including mobile apps, has the potential to support self-
management of long-term conditions and can be tailored to enhance adoption. We …

In this paper, we aim to emphasise the need for a more comprehensive and tailored
approach to manage the broad nature of non-adherence, to personalise current asthma …

METHODS: Physicians at 2 academic centers randomized to use a low-literacy or standard
action plan (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology) to counsel the …

Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine whether parents who use a low-
literacy, pictogram-and photograph-based written asthma action plan (WAAP) have a better …

The inner city has long been recognized as an area of high asthma morbidity and mortality.
A wide range of factors interact to create this environment. These factors include well …