Effect of mothers' health literacy on early childhood allergy prevention behaviours: results from the KUNO-Kids health study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents can engage in several behaviours with regard to early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP). These can be related to diet of mother/child and the modification of the home environment; not all of them are justified by current evidence. Previous studies showed that parental health literacy (HL) is related to favourable health behaviours directed at the child. This study aimed to investigate the causal effect of mothers' HL on ECAP behaviours and to test different moderators of this effect.

Methods

One thousand six hundred sixty-two mothers participating in the KUNO-Kids health study in the area of Regensburg, Germany were surveyed on HL (assessed via the health care scale of the Health Literacy Survey-EU questionnaire, HLS-EU-Q47) and ECAP behaviours implement

SUBMITTER: Pawellek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375835 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature