Digital Interventions to Improve Health Literacy Among Parents of Children Aged 0 to 12 Years With a Health Condition: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental health literacy is associated with child health outcomes. Parents are increasingly turning to the internet to obtain health information. In response, health care providers are using digital interventions to communicate information to assist parents in managing their child's health conditions. Despite the emergence of interventions to improve parental health literacy, to date, no systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of the interventions has been undertaken.

Objective

The aim of this review is to examine the effect of digital health interventions on health literacy among parents of children aged 0-12 years with a health condition. This includes evaluating parents' engagement (use and satisfaction) with digital health interventions, the effect of these

SUBMITTER: Morelius E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8734927 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature