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Parents' Use of Technologies for Health Management: A Health Literacy Perspective.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Supportive Parenting App on Parental Outcomes: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
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- A scoping review of Spanish language pediatric digital health interventions.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Article
- Understanding parental awareness of child developmental milestones in West Bank-Palestine: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of parents' digital and health literacy on children's participation in sport.Health promotion international · 2025Article
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- Assessment Tools for Measuring Health Literacy and Digital Health Literacy in a Hospital Setting: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Bridging evidence-to-care gaps with mHealth: Designing a symptom checker for parents accessing knowledge translation resources on acute children's illnesses in a smartphone application.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- eHealth literacy and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of parents of children needing paediatric surgery in Sweden.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and the Pediatric Electronic Health Record: A Qualitative Study.Academic pediatrics · 2022Article
- Educational interventions in child development and health literacy assumptions: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2022Review
- Building health literacy system capacity: a framework for health literate systems.Health promotion international · 2021Article
- Information and Communication Technology Access and Use Among Low-Income Latino Immigrant Parents.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- Spanish-Speaking Parents' Experiences Accessing Academic Medical Center Care: Barriers, Facilitators and Technology Use.Academic pediatrics · 2021Article
- THRIVE Conceptual Framework and Study Protocol: A Community-Partnered Longitudinal Multi-Cohort Study to Promote Child and Youth Thriving, Health Equity, and Community Strength.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveParent use of technology to manage child health issues has the potential to improve access and health outcomes. Few studies have examined how parent health literacy affects usage of Internet and cell phone technologies for health management.
methodsCross-sectional analysis of data collected as part of a randomized controlled experiment in 3 urban pediatric clinics. English- and Spanish-speaking parents (n = 858) of children ≤8 years answered questions regarding use of and preferences related to Internet and cell phone technologies. Parent health literacy was measured using the Newest Vital Sign.
resultsThe majority of parents were high Internet (70.2%) and cell phone (85.1%) users (multiple times a day). A total of 75.1% had limited health literacy (32.1% low, 43.0% marginal). Parents with higher health literacy levels had greater Internet and cell phone use (adequate vs low: adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.7 [confidence interval, 1.2-2.5]) and were more likely to use them for health management (AOR, 1.5 [confidence interval, 1.2-1.8]); those with higher health literacy levels were more likely to use the Internet for provider communication (adequate vs marginal vs low: 25.0% vs 18.0% vs 12.0%, P = .001) and health-related cell phone apps (40.6% vs 29.7% vs 16.4%, P < .001). Overall preference for using technology for provider communication was high (∼70%) and did not differ by health literacy, although Internet and cell phone apps were preferred by higher literacy parents; no differences were seen for texting.
conclusionsHealth literacy-associated disparities in parent use of Internet and cell phone technologies exist, but parents' desire for use of these technologies for provider communication was overall high and did not differ by health literacy.
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