ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2018
Exploring the Relationship between Maternal Health Literacy, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Early Parenting Practices among Low-Income Mothers with Infants.
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- The Feasibility and Acceptability of an App-Based Intervention Aimed at Improving Maternal Health Literacy Regarding Infant Play and Development: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Using the teach-back method to improve postpartum maternal-infant health among women with limited maternal health literacy: a randomized controlled study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Trial
- Parental Health Literacy as a Determinant of Parenting Practices and Early Childhood Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Determinants of well-being in pregnancy: the impact of sociodemographic and obstetric variables and maternal health literacy, cross sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Health Literacy and Self-Efficacy in Parents of Toddlers-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Maternal Health Literacy in Postpartum Women.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Effect of mothers' health literacy on early childhood allergy prevention behaviours: results from the KUNO-Kids health study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Maternal Health Literacy in Pregnant Women: A Concept Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Review
- Evaluation of Parents' Use of a Child Health Care Information App and Their Health Literacy: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep knowledge and self-efficacy among parents of young children in Canada.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- Effect of post-discharge postnatal educational intervention on postnatal practices among low-income primiparas in Nairobi informal settlements, Kenya: a post-test quasi-experiment.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Information seeking of French parents regarding infant and young child feeding: practices, needs and determinants.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Poverty and Paternal Education Associated With Infant Safe Sleep Intentions in a Peri-Urban Community in Ecuador.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- The Influence of Health Literacy and Social Support on Loneliness Among Patients With Severe Mental Illness in Rural Southwest China.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Maternal health literacy on mother and child health care: A community cluster survey in two southern provinces in Laos.PloS one · 2021Article
- Association between maternal-infant health literacy, social support, and psychological stress during the perinatal period among women in Macao, China.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the association of maternal health literacy (MHL), parenting self-efficacy and early parenting practices among low-income mothers with infants.
designA cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design.
participantsLow-income mothers (N=186) with infants.
methodsFace-to-face interviews were conducted using English and Spanish versions of questionnaires by trained bilingual research assistants. The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) screening tool was used to measure MHL.
resultsNearly three-quarters (72%) of mothers were rated as having low MHL. In the bivariate analysis, MHL was positively correlated with education, household income, language, social support, parenting self-efficacy, and early parenting practices, but negatively correlated with number of children. The study findings demonstrate that parenting self-efficacy had a mediating effect on MHL and early parenting practices among mothers with infants.
conclusionResults suggest that future research is needed to advance MHL in low-income mothers and to inform potential HL interventions for this target population.
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