Health literacy and asthma

Rosas‐Salazar, Christian; Apter, Andrea J.; Canino, Glorisa; Celedón, Juan C.

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.040

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“…30,31 In addition, numeracy is also closely related to other health literacy skills (ie, reading, writing, speech, speech comprehension, and cultural and conceptual knowledge) as well as self-effi cacy. 32 In our study, low parental numeracy was associated with one or more hospitalizations for asthma in children who were not on ICS in the previous 6 months. In contrast, there was no signifi cant association between parental numeracy and asthma hospitalizations in children whose parents reported use of ICS in the previous 6 months.…”

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confidence: 48%

Parental Numeracy and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children

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Ramratnam

Brehm

et al. 2013

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Parental Numeracy and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children

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“…27,28 Findings for pediatric asthma outcomes are inconsistent. Lower parent health literacy has been associated with more healthcare utilization by children with asthma in some studies, 29,30 but not in others. 31,32 Two studies examining parent health literacy and child asthma control have disparate findings: one reports an indirect relationship between health literacy and asthma control through satisfaction with shared decision making, 33 while the other found no relationship.…”

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confidence: 91%

The Impact of Parent's Health Literacy on Pediatric Asthma Outcomes

Harrington

Zhang

Magruder

et al. 2015

Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology

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Background: Health literacy has been associated with health disparities in many disease outcomes, including children's asthma. Parents are responsible for most of children's healthcare. Therefore, parents' health literacy may impact children's health outcomes, including asthma control. This study sought to determine the association between parent health literacy and children's asthma control among a cohort of predominately minority urban children aged between 6 and 12 years. Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed children with asthma and their parents at a single outpatient visit. English-speaking parents and their children, aged between 6 and 12 years with physician-diagnosed asthma, were eligible for this study. Healthcare providers assessed asthma control and severity, and parents completed demographic, health literacy, asthma control, and asthma knowledge measures. Children completed a pulmonary function test as part of the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) scoring. Results: A total of 281 parent-child dyads provided data, with the majority of parents being mothers and African American, with a high school level education or less. Lower parent health literacy was associated with worse asthma control as rated both by the provider ( p = 0.007) and the ACQ ( p = 0.013), despite only moderate concordance between ratings (r = 0.408, p < 0.0001). Lower parent health literacy also was associated with less asthma knowledge, which was associated with worse asthma control. Conclusions: Higher parent health literacy was associated with more parent asthma knowledge and better child asthma control. Pediatric providers should consider tailoring education or treatment plans or utilizing universal precautions for low health literacy.

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“…Health literacy is a key factor for good asthma management in children and adults. In contrast to this, poor health literacy poses a key barrier to obtain and apply adequate asthma knowledge [12]. Furthermore, limited health literacy is associated with a lower quality of life, poor physical functionality and increased emergency visits [11].…”

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“…Furthermore, research has shown that caregiver have a profound role in their child's asthma management. In fact, caregivers with sufficient level of asthma knowledge are more likely to support their children's adherence behavior [12]. The doctor-patient relationship has also been emphasized as a decisive factor in adolescents' adherence behavior.…”

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Enabling and hindering factors influencing adherence to asthma treatment among adolescents: A systematic literature review

Ahmad

Sørensen

2016

Journal of Asthma

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Objectives: The aim of this systematic literature review is to study the enabling and hindering factors influencing adherence to asthma treatment among adolescents. Furthermore, it explores the role of caregivers and the healthcare provider in terms of supporting adolescents to manage and live with asthma. Data sources: The literature review was conducted using the MeSH terms asthma, adherence, health literacy, behavior, adolescents, tools, healthcare provider, caregiver, peer influence, self-management, quality of life, morbidity and mortality in PubMed, PsycInfo, MEDLINE and CINAHL. Study selection: The literature search resulted in 652 articles of which 304 were screened based on title and abstracts. Ninety-one of the screened articles were then selected for full-text assessment resulting in 42 articles for in-depth analysis. Results: The literature review identified nine enabling and hindering factors relevant for adherence to asthma treatment among adolescents: behavior, belief, self-management, health literacy, role of health provider, assessment of adherence, role of caregiver, role of peers and the national asthma guidelines. Conclusion: Working with this particular age group is complex and further research in understanding adolescent's behavior, motives, beliefs and perceptions towards adherence to asthma treatment is required to guide them towards better self-management and acceptance of their condition.

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Health literacy and asthma

Cited by 93 publications

References 40 publications

Parental Numeracy and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children

Parental Numeracy and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children

The Impact of Parent's Health Literacy on Pediatric Asthma Outcomes

Enabling and hindering factors influencing adherence to asthma treatment among adolescents: A systematic literature review

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