1. 'I Don't Do Much Without Researching Things Myself': A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Role of Parent Health Literacy in Autism Services Use for Young Children
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Lindly, Olivia J., Cabral, Jacqueline, Mohammed, Ruqayah, Garber, Ivonne, Mistry, Kamila B., and Kuhlthau, Karen A.
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Medical care -- Utilization ,Parents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Health aspects ,Pervasive developmental disorders -- Patient outcomes -- Demographic aspects -- Care and treatment ,Health literacy -- Evaluation ,Market trend/market analysis ,Health - Abstract
Little is known about how parent health literacy contributes to health-related outcomes for children with autism. This mixed-methods study included 82 U.S. parents of a child with autism 2-5 years-old and sought to describe (1) health literacy dimensions, (2) how health literacy influences services use, and (3) health literacy improvement strategies. Results showed: autism information was accessed from multiple sources; understanding autism information involved 'doing your own research'; autism information empowered decision-making; health literacy facilitated behavioral services use; health literacy influenced medication use; family and system characteristics also affected services use; autism education remains needed; services information is needed across the diagnostic odyssey; and greater scientific information accessibility would increase uptake. Findings demonstrate how parent health literacy affects services use., Author(s): Olivia J. Lindly [sup.1] [sup.2] [sup.3] , Jacqueline Cabral [sup.1] [sup.4] , Ruqayah Mohammed [sup.1] [sup.5] , Ivonne Garber [sup.3] , Kamila B. Mistry [sup.6] , Karen A. Kuhlthau [...]
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- 2022
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