Relations of maternal health literacy and parenting practices with early childhood development: a cross-sectional study

Oflu, Ayşe Tolunay; Yalçın, S. Songül

doi:10.1080/09603123.2023.2227582

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“…Thirdly, the observed higher frequency (64.8%) of mothers with sufficient eHL levels compared with a previous study's (Oflu & Yalçın, 2023) finding of 47.5% with sufficient health literacy levels introduces a potential bias. This disparity may be attributed to a higher proportion of mothers with advanced internet skills and the good education level of the participant mothers, potentially skewing the results.…”

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“…As far as we know, there is no study investigating the relationship between maternal eHL status and ECD, but only a few studies have focused on the relationship between general health literacy and ECD. Recent studies investigating the relationship between mothers' general health literacy levels and child development have shown that low maternal health literacy is a factor that negatively affects child development (Hernandez-Mekonnen et al, 2016) (Oflu & Yalçın, 2023). In a recent report, attention was also drawn to the development of the child's own health literacy skills.…”

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Exploring the interplay: Maternal electronic health literacy and its impact on early childhood development and parenting practices

Oflu,

Yalcin

2024

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BackgroundMothers need a competent electronic health literacy (eHL) skill for beneficial gains for the health of their children in the virtual environment, which is a new health platform. We predict that a competent eHL of mothers who play a central role in early childhood will positively affect the health of their children. This study aimed to determine the level of eHL of mothers of young children and investigate the relationship between mothers' eHL and early childhood development (ECD) and early parenting practices (EPP).MethodsThis cross‐sectional study was conducted on mothers with children aged 36–59 months using eHealth. Sociodemographic and personal characteristics form, Early Childhood Development Module and eHealth Literacy Scale were administered to the participating mothers.ResultsThe data from 440 mother–child pairs were analysed. Children of mothers with sufficient eHL levels were more likely to be Early Childhood Development Index (ECDI)‐on‐track, adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.16 (1.29–3.61); have adequate support in learning, AOR (%95 CI): 3.23 (1.69–6.18); and have adequate daily meals and snacks, AOR (%95 CI): 2.43 (1.56–3.78).ConclusionThese results revealed that there is a need for interventions that will contribute to child health by improving mothers' eHL levels.

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Exploring the interplay: Maternal electronic health literacy and its impact on early childhood development and parenting practices

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Yalcin

2024

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Mother’s psychopathological conditions and parenting characteristics according to smoke exposure

Açoğlu

Aydın

Isiyel

et al. 2023

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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Validation of three health literacy screening questions compared with S-TOFHLA in a low-income diverse English- and Spanish-Speaking population

Kincaid,

Coyne,

Hamadani

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Journal of Public Health

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Background Clinicians need a tool to gauge patients’ ability to understand health conditions and treatment options. The Short-form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) is the gold standard for this, but its length is prohibitive for use in clinical settings. This study seeks to validate a novel three-item question set for predicting health literacy. Methods This cross-sectional study utilized an in-person questionnaire alongside the S-TOFHLA. The sample included 2027 English- and Spanish-speaking adults (≥18 years) recruited from primary care practices serving a low-income eastern Pennsylvania community. Most patients (57.7%) identified as Hispanic. Diagnostic accuracy of each question and aggregated scores were assessed against the validated survey by calculating the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve. Results Questions in the ‘Problems Learning’ and ‘Help Reading’ domains (AUROC 0.66 for each) performed better than the ‘Confident Forms’ question (AUROC 0.64). Summing all three scores resulted in an even higher AUROC curve (0.71). Cronbach’s alpha of the combined items was 0.696. Conclusions Study results suggest that any of the three questions are viable options for screening health literacy levels of diverse patients in primary care clinical settings. However, they perform better as a summed score than when used individually.

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Relations of maternal health literacy and parenting practices with early childhood development: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Exploring the interplay: Maternal electronic health literacy and its impact on early childhood development and parenting practices

Exploring the interplay: Maternal electronic health literacy and its impact on early childhood development and parenting practices

Mother’s psychopathological conditions and parenting characteristics according to smoke exposure

Validation of three health literacy screening questions compared with S-TOFHLA in a low-income diverse English- and Spanish-Speaking population

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