1. Leaving Paper Behind: Improving Healthcare Navigation by Latino Immigrant Parents Through Video-Based Education.
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Valenzuela-Araujo, Doris, Godage, Sashini K., Quintanilla, Kassandra, Dominguez Cortez, Jose, Polk, Sarah, and DeCamp, Lisa Ross
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IMMIGRANTS , *PARENT attitudes , *HEALTH education , *ACADEMIC medical centers , *HISPANIC Americans , *CROSS-sectional method , *PATIENT-centered care , *HEALTH literacy , *T-test (Statistics) , *RESEARCH funding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *VIDEO recording , *PARENTS , *EDUCATIONAL attainment - Abstract
System barriers to effective healthcare engagement and navigation contribute to healthcare disparities among Latino children with immigrant parents in the US. We evaluated a nine-minute educational video supporting healthcare navigation and engagement skills of Spanish-speaking Latino parents of infants. Participants viewed the video at their child's 2-month well-visit, completed a pre-and post-video knowledge evaluation, and answered open-ended questions on video style. A paired t test was used to examine differences in knowledge and open-ended responses were coded using an iterative, consensus-based process. Of the 79 participants, 63.3% had an education level below high school diploma/GED and 84.8% were at risk for limited health literacy. There was a significant gain in healthcare navigation and engagement knowledge after watching the video (p < 0.001). Parents expressed that the video was interesting and provided useful information. Parents valued the knowledge gained and preferred videos over written materials for receiving culturally and linguistically tailored health education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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