Assessing the impact of parents' digital and health literacy on children's participation in sport.

ABSTRACT: Higher levels of parental health and digital literacy are associated with better health knowledge and therefore better health outcomes for their children. There is currently no research evaluating the impact of parental digital and health literacy on children's participation in sport. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the effect of parental digital and health literacy on the sport participation of their children and included parents of children aged 6-18 years, categorized into a sport-participating group (n = 201) and a non-participating group (n = 116). Parents completed a questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics, internet and mobile phone usage for health-related purposes, and their children's level of sport participation. Additionally, they were administered th

SUBMITTER: Guven AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12015608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature