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 …

Background: Approximately 80 million Americans have limited health literacy, which puts
them at greater risk for poorer access to care and poorer health outcomes. Purpose: To …

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 objective of this paper is to synthesize and update findings from systematic review on
health literacy and health outcomes among patients with long-term conditions, and extend …

Providing safe and high-quality health care for children whose parents have limited English
proficiency (LEP) remains challenging. Reports of parent perspectives on navigating …

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 aim of this study was to investigate the association of female caregivers' oral health
literacy with their knowledge, behaviors, and the reported oral health status of their young …

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 …

Objectives To assess parents' liquid medication administration errors by dosing instrument
type and to examine the degree to which parents' health literacy influences dosing accuracy …

Communication at discharge is an important part of high-quality emergency department (ED)
care. This review describes the existing literature on patient understanding and …